Review Article·Special Topic for Obesity and Lipid Metabolism
Relationship between dopamine and obesity
Weiwei Liu, Feng Tao, Jiandong Gao
Published 2018-03-20
Cite as Int J Endocrinol Metab, 2018, 38(2): 89-92. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4157.2018.02.004
Abstract
Environmental, genetic and other factors can lead to obesity, in which the relationship between dopamine and obesity becomes a hot topic. Palatable food can activate the brain reward system and increase dopamine release that makes the body get satisfaction and pleasure, and feeding addiction leads to obesity; thus the deficiency of dopamine D2 receptor causes reward deficiency syndrome. Excessive feeding to compensate for the reduced sense of pleasure and satisfaction, leads to obesity; in addition, dopamine dysfunction can also reduce body activity.Exploring the relationship between dopamine and obesity, is beneficial to further explain the pathogenesis of obesity and to provide new ideas and methods for the treatment of obesity.
Key words:
Dopamine; Obesity; Brain reward system; Treatment
Contributor Information
Weiwei Liu
Department of Nephrology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine Institute of Kidney Disease, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Key Laboratory of Liver and Kidney Diseases(Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Ministry of Education
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Clinical Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
Feng Tao
Jiandong Gao