Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A high-fat diet alters crucial aspects of brain dopamine signaling

A High-Fat Diet Alters Crucial Aspects of Brain Dopamine Signaling


ScienceDaily (July 19, 2010) — Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that prolonged exposure to a high fat diet is correlated with changes in the brain chemical dopamine within the striatum, a critical component of the brain's reward system.



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