The 5-HT receptor agonist meta-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP) reduces palatable food consumption and BOLD fMRI responses to food images in healthy female volunteers.

Rationale: Brain 5-HT receptors form part of a neural network that controls eating behaviour. 5-HT receptor agonists decrease food intake by activating proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, but recent research in rodents has suggested that 5-HT receptor agoni...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos

Publicado en:	Psychopharmacology Vol. 235; no. 1; pp. 257 - 268
Autores principales:	Thomas, Jason M., Dourish, Colin T., Tomlinson, Jeremy, Hassan-Smith, Zaki, Hansen, Peter C., Higgs, Suzanne
Formato:	Journal Article
Publicado:	Springer Nature Jan2018
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost