Role of Feeding-Related Pathways in Alcohol Dependence: A Focus on Sweet Preference, NPY, and Ghrelin

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-202

  Leggio, Lorenzo ^a   Addolorato, Giovanni ^a   Cippitelli, Andrea ^b   Jerlhag, Elisabet ^c   Kampov Polevoy, Alexei B ^d   Swift, Robert M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Craving; Alcohol Dependence; Appetite; Feeding Related Pathways; Feeding Related Peptides; Ghrelin; Neuropeptide Y; Sweet Preference

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SACCHARIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEDONIC RESPONSE TO SWEET TASTE; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; POLYDIPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE; TASTE BUD; TASTE PREFERENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; APPETITE REGULATION; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GHRELIN; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECURRENCE; REWARD; TASTE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78851471664     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01334.x     Document Type: Article

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