Operant Training for Highly Palatable Food Alters Translating Messenger RNA in Nucleus Accumbens D2 Neurons and Reveals a Modulatory Role of Ncdn
Montalban E, Giralt A, Taing L, Nakamura Y, Pelosi A, Brown M, de Pins B, Valjent E, Martin M, Nairn A, Greengard P, Flajolet M, Hervé D, Gambardella N, Roussarie J, Girault J. Operant Training for Highly Palatable Food Alters Translating Messenger RNA in Nucleus Accumbens D2 Neurons and Reveals a Modulatory Role of Ncdn. Biological Psychiatry 2023, 95: 926-937. PMID: 37579933, PMCID: PMC11059129, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStriatal projection neuronsNucleus accumbensPalatable foodProjection neuronsNAc neuronsD2-striatal projection neuronsWild-type miceMessenger RNAConditioning-induced changesSpine densityDopamine neuronsDopamine receptorsDownregulated genesD2 neuronsModulatory roleNAc dopamineDopamine DFood altersCompensatory mechanismsRegular foodNeuronsFeeding behaviorBehavioral responsesMRNA alterationsMice