Concomitant Release of Ventral Tegmental Acetylcholine and Accumbal Dopamine by Ghrelin in Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Jerlhag, Elisabet ^a   Janson, Anna Carin ^b   Waters, Susanna ^b   Engel, Jörgen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NeuroSearch   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; JMV 2959; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; GHRELIN; MALE; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

RATTUS;

EID: 84869104754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049557     Document Type: Article

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