The role of ghrelin in reward-based eating

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 347-353

  Perelló, Mario ^a   Zigman, Jeffrey M ^b,c  

^a Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating; ghrelin; GHSR; hedonic; reward; stress

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ACYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; GHRELIN; GHRELIN O ACYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GHRELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; NALTREXONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OREXIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOPAMINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GHRELIN; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864589380     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.02.016     Document Type: Review

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