Abstract:Current treatments for obesity are unable to reliably reduce weight over time and alternative treatments need to address this challenge. New interventions that target the nervous system could manipulate brain networks underlying reward, metabolic rate and behavior. Here, the ventral pallidum was evaluated as a target of manipulation due to its established role in the networks underlying motivation, pleasure and behavioral output. Chronic inhibitory or excitatory chemogenetic activation was used to modulate the… Show more
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