Association of the dopamine D2 receptor rs1800497 polymorphism with food addiction, food reinforcement, and eating behavior in Chilean adults

bregón AM, Oyarce K, García-Robles MA, Valladares M, Pettinelli P, Goldfield GS. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Feb;27(1):215-224. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01136-1. Purpose: The regulation of food intake and body weight involves two interacting systems: (a) The homeostatic system (including biological regulators of hunger and satiety) and (b) the non-homeostatic system, (involving concepts of food reinforcement and food addiction). […]
No association of the dopamine D2 receptor genetic bilocus score on food addiction and food reinforcement in Chilean adults

Hidalgo Vira N, Oyarce K, Valladares Vega M, Goldfield GS, Guzmán-Gutiérrez E, Obregón AM. Front Behav Neurosci. 2023 Mar 31;17:1067384. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1067384. eCollection 2023. Abstract Purpose: Different systems regulate food intake. In the reward system, dopamine (DA) is the main neurotransmitter, and a variety of genetic variants (rs1799732 and rs1800497) are associated with addiction. Addiction is […]