Effects of muscimol, amphetamine, and DAMGO injected into the nucleus accumbens shell on food-reinforced lever pressing by undeprived rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-503

  Stratford, Thomas R ^a   Wirtshafter, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive behavior; Feeding; Ingestion; Motivation; Reward; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPHETAMINE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EATING; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; FOOD; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84857694739     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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