Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/jne.12696 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. DR SARAH HAAS LOCKIE (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-3833-4714) PROFESSOR DAVID SPANSWICK (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-8129-8173) DR ZANE B. ANDREWS (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-9097-7944) Article type : Original Article Glucose availability regulates ghrelin-induced food intake in the Ventral Tegmental Area Sarah H Lockie 1,2 , Romana Stark 1,2 , David C Spanswick 1, 2 , Zane B Andrews 1,2 1. Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia 2. Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Victoria, Australia Corresponding author and Lead Contact: Dr. Sarah H. Lockie: Email sarah.lockie@monash.edu, Tel: +61 3 9905 5528 Key words: ghrelin, ghrelin resistance, food intake, ventral tegmental area, glucose, 2- deoxyglucose Acknowledgements: This study was supported by an Australian NHMRC grant to ZBA and DCS (1084600) and NHMRC fellowship to ZBA (1084344). SHL and RS are supported by an Australian NHMRC early career research fellowships.