Rewarding Effects of Operant Dry-Licking Behavior on Neuronal Firing in the Nucleus Accumbens Core

• Autori principali: Enrico Patrono (Autore), Jumpei Matsumoto (Autore), Hiroshi Nishimaru (Autore), Yusaku Takamura (Autore), Ikhruud C. Chinzorig (Autore), Taketoshi Ono (Autore), Hisao Nishijo (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Certain eating behaviors are characterized by a trend of elevated food consumption. However, neural mechanisms mediating the motivation for food consumption are not fully understood. Food impacts the brain-rewarding-system via both oral-sensory and post-ingestive information. Recent studies have rep...