The role of dopamine in the pursuit of nutritional value

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 408-415

  McCutcheon, James Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Dopamine; Fast scan cyclic voltammetry; Microdialysis; Nutritional value; Post ingestive; Taste

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENER;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC MODEL; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SHAM FEEDING; TASTE; ANIMAL; EATING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS;

EID: 84961177211     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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