Inhibiting parabrachial fatty acid amide hydrolase activity selectively increases the intake of palatable food via cannabinoid CB1 receptors.

Dipatrizio, Nicholas V

Inhibiting parabrachial fatty acid amide hydrolase activity selectively increases the intake of palatable food via cannabinoid CB1 receptors. [electronic resource] - American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Nov 2008 - R1409-14 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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10.1152/ajpregu.90484.2008 doi


Amidohydrolases--antagonists & inhibitors
Animals
Arachidonic Acids--administration & dosage
Brachial Plexus--enzymology
Eating--drug effects
Enzyme Inhibitors--pharmacology
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Food Preferences--drug effects
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Piperidines--pharmacology
Pyrazoles--pharmacology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1--antagonists & inhibitors
Reward
Serotonin--administration & dosage
Stimulation, Chemical