Ghrelin signaling in the ventral hippocampus stimulates learned and motivational aspects of feeding via PI3K-Akt signaling

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 915-923

  Kanoski, Scott E ^a   Fortin, Samantha M ^a   Ricks, Katie M ^a   Grill, Harvey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GHSR; learning; memory; nucleus accumbens; obesity; reward

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPID DIET; MEAL; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHARMACOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMONES; EATING; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GHRELIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MORPHOLINES; MOTIVATION; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84876295102     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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