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

• Main Authors: Enrico Patrono (Author), Jumpei Matsumoto (Author), Hiroshi Nishimaru (Author), Yusaku Takamura (Author), Ikhruud C. Chinzorig (Author), Taketoshi Ono (Author), Hisao Nishijo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...