Selective serotonin receptor stimulation of the medial nucleus accumbens differentially affects appetitive motivation for food on a progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 511, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-88

  Pratt, Wayne E ^a   Schall, Megan A ^a   Choi, Eugene ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive motivation; Nucleus accumbens; Progressive ratio; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

2 (6 CHLORO 5 FLUORO 1 INDOLYL) 1 METHYLETHYLAMINE; EMD 386088; SEROTONIN 1 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 6 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR MEDIAL NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FOOD INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EATING; ETHYLAMINES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDOLES; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SEROTONIN 5-HT1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

EID: 84857364727     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.01.038     Document Type: Article

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