Oxytocin as feeding inhibitor: Maintaining homeostasis in consummatory behavior

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Olszewski, Pawel K ^a,b   Klockars, Anica ^b   Schiöth, Helgi B ^b   Levine, Allen S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Obesity; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Pituitary; Sugar; Taste aversion

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BRAIN RECEPTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; COCAINE; COPPER SULFATE; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHAGIA; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; OSMOLALITY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH MOTILITY; TASTE AVERSION;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; OBESITY; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 77957755107     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.05.026     Document Type: Review

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