Cannabinoid in the nucleus accumbens enhances the intake of palatable solution

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1382-1385

  Shinohara, Yuhei ^a   Inui, Tadashi ^a   Yamamoto, Takashi ^b   Shimura, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Feeding; Nucleus accumbens; Palatability; Taste

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID; QUININE; SACCHARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWEETNESS; TASTE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; APPETITE REGULATION; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; QUININE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; SACCHARIN; TASTE;

EID: 70349681070     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283318010     Document Type: Article

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