title: The emerging neurobiology of calorie addiction.
abstract: The response of the brain to sugar is determined by specific cell populations in the brain, including neurons that secrete melanin-concentrating hormone, and culminates in the release of dopamine.
authors.affiliation: Cristina García-Cáceres is at the Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany garcia-caceres@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-Cáceres
authors.forename: Matthias H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Tschöp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008543:Melanins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D009753:Nutritive Value
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins; D005947:Glucose
keywords: feeding behavior; metabolism; neuronal circuits; nutrient; obesity; optogenetics