Brainstem mediates diazepam enhancement of palatability and feeding: Microinjections into fourth ventricle versus lateral ventricle

Brain Research

Volumn 727, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 22-30

  Peciña, Susana ^a   Berridge, Kent C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Appetite; Benzodiazepine; Brainstem; Cerebral ventricle; Diazepam; Feeding; Food intake; Hindbrain; Hyperphagia; Palatability; Taste

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERPHAGIA; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUCROSE; TASTE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030586342     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00325-3     Document Type: Article

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