Opioids as facilitators of feeding: Can any food be rewarding?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Olszewski, Pawel K ^a,c   Alsiö, Johan ^d   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a   Levine, Allen S ^a,b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha MSH; DAMGO; KOR; MOR; Morphine; Oxytocin; Taste aversion

Indexed keywords

FAT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; AVERSION; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SATIETY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OPIOID PEPTIDES; REWARD;

EID: 79957657820     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.033     Document Type: Article

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