Endocannabinoid hedonic hotspot for sensory pleasure: Anandamide in nucleus accumbens shell enhances 'liking' of a sweet reward

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2267-2278

  Mahler, Stephen V ^a   Smith, Kyle S ^a   Berridge, Kent C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocannabinoid; Marijuana; Munchies; Pleasure; Reward; Taste reactivity

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ENDOCANNABINOID; QUININE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE;

EID: 35348864420     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301376     Document Type: Article

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