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Katherine Stuhrman West

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West K, Lawson V, Swanson A, Dunigan A, Roseberry A
Obesity (Silver Spring) . 2019 Sep; 27(11):1874-1882. PMID: 31562706
Objective: Amphetamine was formerly used as a treatment to combat obesity, but amphetamine's use as an appetite suppressant was discontinued because of its significant abuse potential. Most of the rewarding...
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West K, Lu C, Olson D, Roseberry A
J Physiol . 2019 May; 597(12):3217-3232. PMID: 31054267
Key Points: Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is an anorexigenic peptide. Injection of the α-MSH analog MTII into the ventral tegmental area (VTA) decreases food and sucrose intake and food reward....
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West K, Roseberry A
J Neurophysiol . 2017 May; 118(1):625-633. PMID: 28469002
The mesocorticolimbic dopamine system, the brain's reward system, regulates many different behaviors including food intake, food reward, and feeding-related behaviors, and there is increasing evidence that hypothalamic feeding-related neuropeptides alter...