Ghrelin signaling in the ventral tegmental area mediates both reward-based feeding and fasting-induced hyperphagia on high-fat diet

Neuroscience

Volumn 300, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-62

  Wei, X J ^a   Sun, B ^a   Chen, K ^a   Lv, B ^a   Luo, X ^a   Yan, J Q ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fasting induced hyperphagia; Ghrelin; High fat diet; Nutritional state; Reward based feeding; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GHRP-6, LYS(3)-; HORMONE; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUNGER; HYPERPHAGIA; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SATIETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WEIGHT GAIN; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GHRELIN; HORMONES; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84929572546     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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