Early life experience alters behavioral responses to sweet food and accumbal dopamine metabolism

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Silveira, P P ^a   Portella, A K ^a   Assis, S A C N ^a   Nieto, F B ^a   Diehl, L A ^a   Crema, L M ^a   Peres, W ^a,b   Costa, G ^c   Scorza, C ^c   Quillfeldt, J A ^a   Lucion, A B ^a   Dalmaz, C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Dopamine; Methylphenidate; Neonatal handling; Nucleus accumbens; Taste reactivity

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; METHYLPHENIDATE; NORADRENALIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE PREFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DIET; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOREPINEPHRINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 74849123448     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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