Effects of mesulergine treatment on diet selection, brain serotonin (5- HT) and dopamine (DA) turnover in free feeding rats

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 803-813

  Giannakopoulos, George ^a   Galanopoulou, Panagiota ^a   Daifotis, Zetta ^a   Couvaris, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

5 HT antagonist; Body weight; Carbohydrate intake; DA antagonist; Diet selection; Food intake; Mesulergine

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MESULERGINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERPHAGIA; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ERGOLINES; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 0032127246     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(98)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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