Neural substrates underlying interactions between appetite stress and reward

Obesity Facts

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-220

  Menzies, John R W ^a   Skibicka, Karolina P ^b   Dickson, Suzanne L ^b   Leng, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Oxytocin; Reward; Stress; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GHRELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

APPETITE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; DEPRESSION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SATIETY; STRESS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

APPETITE; APPETITE REGULATION; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; OBESITY; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861843925     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338237     Document Type: Review

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