Selective Serotonin Receptor Stimulation of the Medial Nucleus Accumbens Causes Differential Effects on Food Intake and Locomotion

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1046-1057

  Pratt, Wayne E ^a   Blackstone, Kaitlin ^a   Connolly, Megan E ^a   Skelly, Mary Jane ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

food intake; motivation; Nucleus accumbens; serotonin

Indexed keywords

2 (6 CHLORO 5 FLUORO 1 INDOLYL) 1 METHYLETHYLAMINE; 3 [2 [2 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERIDINYL)ETHYL] 1 PYRROLIDINESULFONYL]PHENOL; 8 [5 [2,4 DIMETHOXY 5 (4 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYLSULFONAMIDO)PHENYL] 5 OXOPENTYL] 1,3,8 TRIAZASPIRO[4.5]DECANE 2,4 DIONE; FAT; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SEROTONIN 1 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 6 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 6 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 7 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOOD INTAKE; LIPID DIET; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; REARING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; EATING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 70350116976     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016882     Document Type: Article

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