Mu-opioid receptor knockout mice show diminished food-anticipatory activity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1624-1632

  Kas, Martien J H ^b   Van Den Bos, Ruud ^a   Baars, Annemarie M ^a   Lubbers, Marianne ^a   Lesscher, Heidi M B ^b   Hillebrand, Jacquelien J G ^b   Schuller, Alwin G ^c   Pintar, John E ^d   Spruijt, Berry M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

opioid receptor; Anticipatory behaviour; d amphetamine; Dopamine system; Mice; Scheduled feeding

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; ENDORPHIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREADMILL; WILD TYPE;

AMPHETAMINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644255643     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03581.x     Document Type: Article

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