Decreased consumption of rewarding sucrose solutions after injection of melanocortins into the ventral tegmental area of rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 285-294

  Yen, Haw Han ^a   Roseberry, Aaron G ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Feeding; MC3R; MC4R; Melanocortin; MTII; Reward; Two bottle test

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REWARD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MELANOCORTINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; SUCROSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84927716803     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3663-6     Document Type: Article

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