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ReviewILAR journal2012

Neurobiology of consummatory behavior: mechanisms underlying overeating and drug use.

Jessica R Barson, Irene Morganstern, Sarah F Leibowitz

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Review in ILAR journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Hypothalamic QRFP: regulation of food intake and fat selection.Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica R BarsonLaboratory of Behavioral Neurobiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Irene Morganstern
Sarah F Leibowitz
Rockefeller University · US

Funding

HYPOTHALAMIC PEPTIDES IN THE CONTROL OF ALCOHOL INTAKER01AA012882 · NIAAA · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI LEIBOWITZ, SARAH F. · 2001 to 2015
$4.0M
Hypothalamic neurotransmitter systems & eating behaviorR01DA021518 · NIDA · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI LEIBOWITZ, SARAH F. · 2006 to 2010
$1.6M
NIAAA NIH HHS AA12882NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA012882NIDA NIH HHS DA21518NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA021518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Consummatory behavior is driven by both caloric and emotional need, and a wide variety of animal models have been useful in research on the systems that drive consumption of food and drugs. Models have included selective breeding for a specific trait, manipulation of gene expression, forced or voluntary exposure to a substance, and identification of biomarkers that predict which animals are prone to overconsuming specific substances. This research has elucidated numerous brain areas and neurochemicals that drive consummatory behavior. Although energy homeostasis is primarily mediated by the hypothalamus, reinforcement is more strongly mediated by nuclei outside the hypothalamus, in mesocorticolimbic regions. Orexigenic neurochemicals that control food intake can provide a general signal for promoting caloric intake or a more specific signal for stimulating consumption of a particular macronutrient, fat, carbohydrate, or protein. The neurochemicals involved in controlling fat ingestion--galanin, enkephalin, orexin, melanin-concentrating hormone, and the endocannabinoids--show positive feedback with this macronutrient, as these peptides both increase fat intake and are further stimulated by its intake. This positive association offers some explanation for why foods high in fat are so often overconsumed. Consumption of ethanol, a drug of abuse that also contains calories, is similarly driven by the neurochemical systems involved in fat intake, according to evidence that closely relates fat and ethanol consumption. Further understanding of the systems involved in consummatory behavior will enable the development of effective therapies for the treatment of both overeating and drug abuse.

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AnimalsConsummatory BehaviorHyperphagiaHypothalamusMiceNeurobiologyRatsSubstance-Related Disorders

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PMID23520598
PMCPMC3954603
OpenAlexW1963997891

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