Systemic administration of ghrelin induces conditioned place preference and stimulates accumbal dopamine

Addiction Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 358-363

  Jerlhag, Elisabet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ghrelin; Microdialysis; Reward

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE; GHRELIN; LOCOMOTION; MICE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS;

EID: 49349099488     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2008.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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