6-Hydroxydopamine lesions of the ventral tegmental area suppress ghrelin's ability to elicit food-reinforced behavior

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 499, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 70-73

  Weinberg, Zachary Y ^a   Nicholson, Marjorie L ^a   Currie, Paul J ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive motivation; Dopamine; Food intake; Ghrelin; Midbrain; Reward; Ventral tegmentum

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYDOPAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE DERIVATIVE; GHRELIN; NEUROTOXIN; OXIDOPAMINE; PENTOBARBITAL;

APPETITE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENERGY METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; EATING; GHRELIN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXIDOPAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79959374532     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.05.034     Document Type: Article

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