The response to prolonged fasting in hypothalamic serotonin transporter availability is blunted in obesity
van Galen KA, Booij J, Schrantee A, Adriaanse SM, Unmehopa UA, Fliers E, Schwartz GJ, DiLeone RJ, Horst K, la Fleur SE, Serlie MJ. The response to prolonged fasting in hypothalamic serotonin transporter availability is blunted in obesity. Metabolism 2021, 123: 154839. PMID: 34331964, PMCID: PMC8994212, DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2021.154839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCase-Control StudiesCorpus StriatumCross-Over StudiesDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsFastingFatty Acids, NonesterifiedHumansHypothalamusInsulinMaleMiddle AgedObesitySerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsStriatal DAT availabilityLean menSERT availabilityDAT availabilityThalamic serotonin transportersSerotonin transporterDopaminergic systemTransporter availabilityStriatal dopamine transporter availabilityPeripheral metabolic signalsFree fatty acid concentrationsCross-over trialSerotonin transporter availabilityFasting-induced increaseDopamine transporter availabilitySystemic energy metabolismHypothalamus/thalamusLean subjectsPlasma insulinFatty acid concentrationsStriatal DATFood intakeObesityInter-individual variationHigh inter-individual variation