Ghrelin Influences Novelty Seeking Behavior in Rodents and Men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Hansson, Caroline ^a   Shirazi, Rozita H ^a   Näslund, Jakob ^a   Vogel, Heike ^a   Neuber, Corinna ^a   Holm, Göran ^a   Anckarsäter, Henrik ^a   Dickson, Suzanne L ^a   Eriksson, Elias ^a   Skibicka, Karolina P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEZS 123; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; JMV 2959; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHARACTER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT EXPLORATION; NOVELTY SEEKING BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; PLACE PREFERENCE; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REWARD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPERAMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84870814973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050409     Document Type: Article

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