μ-opioid receptor activation in the basolateral amygdala mediates the learning of increases but not decreases in the incentive value of a food reward

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1591-1599

  Wassum, Kate M ^a,b   Cely, Ingrid C ^a   Balleine, Bernard W ^c   Maidment, Nigel T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5' GUANIDINONALTRINDOLE; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLORNITHYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N,N DIALLYLTYROSYL 2 METHYLALANYL 2 METHYLALANYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCINE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GNTI COMPOUND; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; N,N DIALLYL TYROSYL ALPHA AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID PHENYLALANYL LEUCINE; N,N-DIALLYL-TYROSYL-ALPHA-AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID-PHENYLALANYL-LEUCINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; PHENYLALANYL CYCLO(CYSTEINYLTYROSYL TRYPTOPHYL ORNITHYL THREONYL PENICILLAMINE)THREONINAMIDE; PHENYLALANYL-CYCLO(CYSTEINYLTYROSYL-TRYPTOPHYL-ORNITHYL-THREONYL-PENICILLAMINE)THREONINAMIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUNGER; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; TRAINING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; DRIVE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DRIVE; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; FOOD; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REWARD; SOMATOSTATIN; SUCROSE;

EID: 79551556524     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3102-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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