The periaqueductal gray as a critical site to mediate reward seeking during predatory hunting

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-40

  Mota Ortiz, Sandra Regina ^a,b   Sukikara, Marcia Harumi ^a,b   Bittencourt, Jackson Cioni ^b   Baldo, Marcus Vinícius ^b   Elias, Carol Fuzeti ^b,c   Felicio, Luciano Freitas ^b   Canteras, Newton Sabino ^b  

^a MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive reinforcers; Hypothalamic orexinergic cells; Insect hunting; Morphine; Motivational drive; PAG

Indexed keywords

LEUKOAGGLUTININ; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INNERVATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OREXINERGIC NERVE CELL; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REWARD; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD;

EID: 80053172841     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.08.034     Document Type: Article

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