Decreased hedonic responsiveness following chronic mild stress is not secondary to loss of body weight

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Willner, Paul ^a   Moreau, Jean Luc ^b   Nielsen, Christina Kurre ^c   Papp, Mariusz ^d   Sluzewska, Anna ^e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^e POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Body weight; Brain stimulation reward; Chronic mild stress; Mice; Rats; Saccharin consumption; Sucrose consumption

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SELF STIMULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASTE; TEGMENTUM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; MALE; MICE; MOTIVATION; RATS; SELF STIMULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUCROSE; TASTE; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0030183494     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02256-2     Document Type: Article

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