Dopamine Regulating Genes, Negative Stressors, and Energy Balance Behaviors Among Chinese Adolescents

Context: Dopamine has been implicated as an important neurotransmitter involved in regulating appetite and food intake by modulating the reinforcement of food via the meso-limbic circuitry of the brain. Several genes have been linked with the regulation of dopamine. Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) modula...

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Main Author: Ahn, Rosa
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2012
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/134
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1138&context=scripps_theses