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8730803

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
To examine our hypothesis that dopamine activity in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) may play a role in enhancing the process of eating, a fetal cell suspension of predominantly dopaminergic cells was bilaterally transplanted into the LHA of study rats via direct injection; controls had carrier medium injection. Thereafter, mean daily food intake was 1 g per day greater in dopaminergic cell transplanted rats vs. controls for each day of the 10-week observation period. This resulted in a significantly greater cumulative body weight gain in study rats vs. controls (386 +/- 5.1 g vs. 354 +/- 3.8 g, respectively). On sacrifice at the end of the study, transplanted cells in the LHA were viable. Our data suggest that bilateral LHA dopaminergic cell transplant which presumably resulted in chronically and persistently enhanced dopaminergic activity in the LHA is associated with overeating and consequently, an excess weight gain.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0959-4965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
449-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased food intake and body weight gain after lateral hypothalamic dopaminergic cell implantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Syracuse, NY, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't