Dopamine and learned food preferences

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-68

  Sclafani, Anthony ^a,b   Touzani, Khalid ^b   Bodnar, Richard J ^a,c  

^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

Flavor conditioning; Intragastric infusions; Sugar

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RACLOPRIDE; SACCHARIN; SUGAR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FLAVOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FOOD PREFERENCES; LEARNING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; REWARD; SACCHARIN;

EID: 79957655528     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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