Ventral tegmental lesions reduce overconsumption of normally preferred taste fluid in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 123-130

  Shimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kamada, Yoko ^a   Yamamoto, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Dopamine; Motivation; Opiate; Rat; Taste; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OXIDOPAMINE; QUININE; SUCROSE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FLUID INTAKE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STIMULUS; TASTE; TASTE PREFERENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMAL; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS, BENZODIAZEPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; OXIDOPAMINE; QUININE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUCROSE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; TASTE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS;

EID: 0037151267     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(01)00461-2     Document Type: Article

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