Common cellular and molecular mechanisms in obesity and drug addiction
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 12, 638 (2011). doi:10.1038/nrn3105
Author: Paul J. Kenny
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
Júlio Leonardo B. Pereira
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