Pontine and thalamic influences on fluid rewards: I. Operant responding for sucrose and corn oil

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 576-588

  Liang, Nu Chu ^a   Freet, Christopher S ^a   Grigson, Patricia S ^a   Norgren, Ralph ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Parabrachial nucleus; Progressive ratio; Reward; Sham feeding; Thalamic orosensory area

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; INGESTION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; PONTINE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SHAM FEEDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORN OIL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MOUTH; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; THALAMUS;

EID: 82155167688     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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