Hunger neurons drive feeding through a sustained, positive reinforcement signal

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue AUGUST, 2016, Pages

  Chen, Yiming ^a   Lin, Yen Chu ^a   Zimmerman, Christopher A ^a   Essner, Rachel A ^a   Knight, Zachary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; PROTEIN FOS; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; FEEDING; FIBER OPTICS; FLAVOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENE ACTIVATION; HUNGER; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LICKOMETER ASSAY; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFEEDING; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; STARVATION; STRIA TERMINALIS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUNGER; MICE; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS;

EID: 84987704814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.18640     Document Type: Article

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