The Amygdala as a Neurobiological Target for Ghrelin in Rats: Neuroanatomical, Electrophysiological and Behavioral Evidence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Alvarez Crespo, Mayte ^a   Skibicka, Karolina P ^a   Farkas, Imre ^b   Molnár, Csilla S ^b   Egecioglu, Emil ^a   Hrabovszky, Erik ^b   Liposits, Zsolt ^b,c   Dickson, Suzanne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEZS 123; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; JMV 2959; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEEDING; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GHRELIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84867338550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046321     Document Type: Article

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