Ghrelin: A link between energy homeostasis and drug abuse?

Addiction Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Cummings, David E ^a   Naleid, Amy M ^a   Figlewicz Lattemann, Dianne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; LEPTIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DIET RESTRICTION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; FORAGING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; UPREGULATION;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PEPTIDE HORMONES; REWARD; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33947153954     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2007.00053.x     Document Type: Editorial

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