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Tara J. Aitken

University of California, Los AngelesORCID 0000-0002-8037-6766Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintNov 30, 2023

Negative feedback control of hunger circuits by the taste of food

Tara J. Aitken, Truong Ly, Sarah Shehata…·Zachary A. Knight

This study shows that taste signals inhibit hunger-promoting AgRP neurons during eating, delaying satiety and increasing food intake when this inhibition is blocked.

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NeuroscienceBiological PsychiatryPeer-reviewedFeb 25, 2019

Nucleus accumbens cholinergic interneurons oppose cue-motivated behavior

Anne L. Collins, Tara J. Aitken, I-Wen Huang…·Kate M. Wassum

This study shows that NAc cholinergic interneurons inhibit cue-motivated behavior in rats through acetylcholine release and nicotinic receptor activation.

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