Skip to main content
. 2018 Sep 27;13(9):e0204740. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204740

Fig 1. Study hypothesis.

Fig 1

Schematic explanation of the hypothalamic-mesolimbic brain circuit state in the following: A) healthy brain; B) obese Zucker brain; and C) obese Zucker brain with NAcc-DBS, showing the disruptive mechanism of action theory [9,10]. Partially adapted from [20,28] [Arc: arcuate, LH: lateral hypothalamus, VTA: ventral tegmental area, NAcc: nucleus accumbens].