Role of ghrelin in food reward: Impact of ghrelin on sucrose self-administration and mesolimbic dopamine and acetylcholine receptor gene expression

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-107

  Skibicka, Karolina P ^a   Hansson, Caroline ^a   Egecioglu, Emil ^a   Dickson, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; dopamine; food motivation; ghrelin; GHS R1A; operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 5 RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; JMV 2959; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD REWARD; GENE EXPRESSION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; STIMULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84255177234     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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