Replacing a palatable high-fat diet with low fat food causes withdrawal-like symptoms in mice
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 - 16:22
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found that mice fed a palatable high-fat diet experience stress responses that resemble drug withdrawal when their food is switched to a low-fat diet. A study has identified brain changes in the dopamine neurotransmitter system caused by stress when the palatable diet was removed.