NIH R01 · 2025
Striatal glutamatergic plasticity and junk-food induced enhancements in cue-triggered food-craving
PROJECT SUMMARY: 40% of U.S. adults are obese. Obesity produces type II diabetes, which increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, many cancers, and Alzheimer's. The NIH strategic plan for obesity research provides “a blueprint (to) encourage the research community to examine the epidemic of obesity from diverse perspectives…in order to develop and evaluate new prevention and treatment strategies”. Further, the NIDDK Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience of Obesity Program was formed to promote studies of “non-homeostatic brain-behavior mechanisms (to prevent) obesity”. This proposal directly addresses these needs by using novel approaches to understand differences in neural function and…
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