Role of ghrelin in food reward: impact of ghrelin on sucrose self-administration and mesolimbic dopamine and acetylcholine receptor gene expression

Ghrelin increases intake of rewarding food in rodents

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Reversal of Prolonged Dopamine Inhibition of Dopaminergic Neurons of the Ventral Tegmental Area

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Dopamine D1 receptor gene expression decreases in the nucleus accumbens upon long-term exposure to palatable food and differs depending on diet-induced obesity phenotype in rats

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Blockade of central nicotine acetylcholine receptor signaling attenuate ghrelin-induced food intake in rodents

(2010) S.L. Dickson et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Ghrelin Increases the Rewarding Value of High-Fat Diet in an Orexin-Dependent Manner

(2009) Mario Perello et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Anorexigenic and electrophysiological actions of novel ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1A) antagonists in rats

(2009) Nicolas Salomé et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Appetite control and energy balance regulation in the modern world: reward-driven brain overrides repletion signals

(2009) H Zheng et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

On the Central Mechanism Underlying Ghrelin’s Chronic Pro-Obesity Effects in Rats: New Insights from Studies Exploiting a Potent Ghrelin Receptor Antagonist

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Hindbrain Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript Induces Hypothermia Mediated by GLP-1 Receptors

(2009) K. P. Skibicka et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Striatal Dopamine D2/D3 Receptor Availability Is Reduced in Methamphetamine Dependence and Is Linked to Impulsivity

(2009) B. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Requirement of central ghrelin signaling for alcohol reward

(2009) E. Jerlhag et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Systemic administration of ghrelin induces conditioned place preference and stimulates accumbal dopamine

(2008) Elisabet Jerlhag   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

Central Nervous System Regulation of Energy Metabolism

(2008) Ruben Nogueiras et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Nucleus accumbens acetylcholine and food intake: Decreased muscarinic tone reduces feeding but not food-seeking

(2008) Wayne E. Pratt et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Caudal brainstem delivery of ghrelin induces fos expression in the nucleus of the solitary tract, but not in the arcuate or paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus

(2008) Lucy F. Faulconbridge et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Alpha-conotoxin MII-sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are involved in mediating the ghrelin-induced locomotor stimulation and dopamine overflow in nucleus accumbens

(2008) Elisabet Jerlhag et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Effects of subunit selective nACh receptors on operant ethanol self-administration and relapse-like ethanol-drinking behavior

(2008) Alexander Kuzmin et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The melanocortin antagonist AgRP (83–132) increases appetitive responding for a fat, but not a carbohydrate, reinforcer

(2007) Andrea L. Tracy et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR