Gut feeling for food choice

Darleen A. Sandoval () and Randy J. Seeley ()
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Darleen A. Sandoval: Internal Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Randy J. Seeley: Internal Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.

Nature, 2017, vol. 542, issue 7641, 302-303

Abstract: One effect of weight-loss surgery is a change in food preferences. An analysis in rats shows that this is caused by altered nutrient signals in the intestine. These activate the vagus nerve to increase signalling in the brain by the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Date: 2017
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