Valerie Darcey, Ph.D., M.S., R.D., Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator, NIH Distinguished Scholar

Acting Section Chief: Section on Nutritional and Metabolic Neuroimaging, Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Obesity Branch

Scientific Focus Areas: Neuroscience, Clinical Research, Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Publications

A selection of recent and significant publications can be viewed below.

Striatal dopamine tone is positively associated with body mass index in humans as determined by PET using dual dopamine type-2 receptor antagonist tracers.

Darcey VL, Guo J, Chi M, Chung ST, Courville AB, Gallagher I, Herscovitch P, Howard R, LaNoire M, Milley L, Schick A, Stagliano M, Turner S, Urbanski N, Yang S, Yim E, Zhai N, Zhou MS, Hall KD.

medRxiv (2023 Sep 28) Abstract/Full Text

Dietary fat restriction affects brain reward regions in a randomized crossover trial.

Darcey VL, Guo J, Courville AB, Gallagher I, Avery JA, Simmons WK, Ingeholm JE, Herscovitch P, Martin A, Hall KD.

JCI Insight (2023 Jun 22) 8. Abstract/Full Text