Ghrelin increases the motivation to eat, but does not alter food palatability

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-269

  Overduin, Joost ^a,b   Figlewicz, Dianne P ^a,b   Bennett Jay, Jennifer ^a,b   Kittleson, Sepideh ^a,b   Cummings, David E ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Reward; Taste

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; QUININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LICKING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GHRELIN; HOMEOSTASIS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1;

EID: 84865647736     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00488.2011     Document Type: Article

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