μ-Opioid receptor stimulation in the nucleus accumbens elevates fatty tastant intake by increasing palatability and suppressing satiety signals

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Katsuura, Yoshihiro ^a   Heckmann, Jennifer A ^a   Taha, Sharif A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food reward; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

FAT; MELANOCORTIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDING; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SATIETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE ACUITY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIETARY FATS; EATING; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MELANOCORTINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SATIETY RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUCROSE; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79959945172     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00406.2010     Document Type: Article

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