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ArticleNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2021

Age-dependent effects of protein restriction on dopamine release.

Fabien Naneix, Kate Z Peters, Andrew M J Young, James E McCutcheon

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Article in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Protein Appetite Drives Macronutrient-Related Differences in Ventral Tegmental Area Neural Activity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Fabien NaneixDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology & Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. fabien.naneix@abdn.ac.uk.
Kate Z PetersDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Andrew M J YoungDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology & Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
James E McCutcheonDepartment of Neuroscience, Psychology & Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6431-694X
University of Leicester · GBUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M007391/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the essential role of protein intake for health and development, very little is known about the impact of protein restriction on neurobiological functions, especially at different stages of the lifespan. The dopamine system is a central actor in the integration of food-related processes and is influenced by physiological state and food-related signals. Moreover, it is highly sensitive to dietary effects during early life periods such as adolescence due to its late maturation. In the present study, we investigated the impact of protein restriction either during adolescence or adulthood on the function of the mesolimbic (nucleus accumbens) and nigrostriatal (dorsal striatum) dopamine pathways using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry in rat brain slices. In the nucleus accumbens, protein restriction in adults increased dopamine release in response to low and high frequency trains of stimulation (1-20 Hz). By contrast, protein restriction during adolescence decreased nucleus accumbens dopamine release. In the dorsal striatum, protein restriction at adulthood has no impact on dopamine release but the same diet during adolescence induced a frequency-dependent increase in stimulated dopamine release. Taken together, our results highlight the sensitivity of the different dopamine pathways to the effect of protein restriction, as well as their vulnerability to deleterious diet effects at different life stages.

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Diet, Protein-RestrictedDopamineElectric StimulationNucleus AccumbensDopamine

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PMID32737419
PMCPMC7852901
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