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- Title
Common cellular and molecular mechanisms in obesity and drug addiction.
- Authors
Kenny, Paul J
- Abstract
The hedonic properties of food can stimulate feeding behaviour even when energy requirements have been met, contributing to weight gain and obesity. Similarly, the hedonic effects of drugs of abuse can motivate their excessive intake, culminating in addiction. Common brain substrates regulate the hedonic properties of palatable food and addictive drugs, and recent reports suggest that excessive consumption of food or drugs of abuse induces similar neuroadaptive responses in brain reward circuitries. Here, we review evidence suggesting that obesity and drug addiction may share common molecular, cellular and systems-level mechanisms.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2011, Vol 12, Issue 11, p638
- ISSN
1471-0048
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrn3105