Грелиновые механизмы пищевого вознаграждения. Часть 1. Грелин и дофамин
- Авторы: Рейхардт Б.А.1, Шабанов П.Д.1
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- Институт экспериментальной медицины
- Выпуск: Том 20, № 1 (2022)
- Страницы: 29-54
- Раздел: Научные обзоры
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/RCF/article/view/108255
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/RCF20129-54
- ID: 108255
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Пищевое поведение включает как удовлетворение метаболических потребностей в питательных веществах, так и гедонические аспекты, связанные с получением удовольствия от приема пищи. Орексигенный гормон грелин повышает мотивацию к потреблению пищи. Ключевую роль в механизмах вознаграждения играет дофаминергическая мезолимбическая система. Грелин регулирует активность этой системы, действуя на нескольких уровнях структурной организации мозга. Кроме того, модулируя систему награды, грелин усиливает подкрепляющие свойства непищевых стимулов. Рассматривается иерархия грелин-чувствительных нейросетей, а также афферентные связи и реципроктные взаимодействия между ее компонентами, опосредующие действие грелина на процесс мотивации в метаболическом и гедоническом питании.
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Борис Андреевич Рейхардт
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канд. мед. наук, старший научный сотрудник
Россия, Санкт-ПетербургПетр Дмитриевич Шабанов
Институт экспериментальной медицины
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