Stress-impaired reward pathway promotes distinct feeding behavior patterns.

Fujioka, Y.#, Kawai, K.#, Endo, K., Ishibashi, M., Iwade, N., Tuerde, D., Kaibuchi, K., Yamashita, T., Yamanaka A., Katsuno, M., Watanabe, H., Sobue, G. and Ishigaki, S*. (2024) Stress-impaired reward pathway promotes distinct feeding behavior patterns. Front. Neurosci. 18:1349366. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1349366

• Stresses cause deviated feeding patterns, fixated feeding. 

• The aberrant feedings are induced by impairments in the mesolimbic dopamine system.

• Specific deactivation of the DA neurons at VTA reproduced those feeding patterns.

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