Peripherally Circulating Ghrelin Does Not Mediate Alcohol-Induced Reward and Alcohol Intake in Rodents

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 959-968

  Jerlhag, Elisabet ^a   Ivanoff, Lisa ^a   Vater, Axel ^b   Engel, Jörgen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NOXXON PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Food intake; Ghrelin; Reward; Spiegelmer

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DRUG VEHICLE; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NOX-B11-2; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL FILTER; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRINKING; FOOD INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RODENT; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GHRELIN; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD;

EID: 84898025642     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12337     Document Type: Article

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