Transient effects of junk food on NAc core MSN excitability and glutamatergic transmission in obesity‐prone female rats
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DOI: 10.1002/oby.23613
Abstract: The nucleus accumbens (NAc) plays critical roles in eating and food seeking in rodents and humans. Diets high in fats and sugars (“junk food”) produce persistent increases in NAc function in male obesity‐prone rats. This… read more here.
Keywords: effects junk; food; nac core; obesity prone ... See more keywords
Cocaine and desipramine elicit distinct striatal noradrenergic and behavioral responses in selectively bred obesity-resistant and obesity-prone rats
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.11.009
Abstract: HighlightsSystemic cocaine administration increases striatal norepinephrine in obesity‐prone rats.Striatal blockade of norepinephrine transporter via desipramine retrodialysis does not increase striatal norepinephrine levels in obesity‐prone rats.Systemic desipramine treatment leads to decreases in locomotor activity in obesity‐prone… read more here.
Keywords: resistant rats; prone rats; obesity prone; obesity resistant ... See more keywords
The genome of the naturally evolved obesity-prone Ossabaw miniature pig
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DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103081
Abstract: Summary The feral pigs of Ossabaw Island (USA) have an outstanding propensity to obesity and develop complete metabolic syndrome (MetS) upon prolonged high energy dieting. We now report the first high quality genome of the… read more here.
Keywords: pig; obesity prone; obesity; evolved obesity ... See more keywords