Hunger and Satiety Gauge Reward Sensitivity

Many of the neurocircuits and hormones known to underlie the sensations of hunger and satiety also substantially alter the activity of the dopaminergic reward system. Much interest lies in the ways that hunger, satiety, and reward tie together, as the epidemic of obesity seems tied to the recent dev...

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Main Authors: Ryan Michael Cassidy, Qingchun Tong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00104/full