Is the breakpoint cluster region gene on chromosome 22q11 associated with bipolar disorder?
Our results suggest that genetic variations in the BCR gene could confer susceptibility to bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
Endogenous micro-opioid receptor signaling in the nucleus accumbens core and shell is necessary for palatable diet-induced hyperphagia and obesity to fully develop in rats. Sweet and non-sweet fatty foods may be differentially processed in subcomponents of the ventral striatum.