Opioid receptor antagonism in the nucleus accumbens fails to block the expression of sugar-conditioned flavor preferences in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-62

  Bernal, Sonia Y ^a,b   Touzani, Khalid ^c   Gerges, Meri ^b   Abayev, Yana ^b   Sclafani, Anthony ^a,c   Bodnar, Richard J ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Fructose; Glucose; Naltrexone; Saccharin; Sweet taste

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; SACCHARIN; SUGAR; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUGAR INTAKE; SWEETNESS; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

RATTUS;

EID: 77349110429     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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