Intake of high-fat food is selectively enhanced by mu opioid receptor stimulation within the nucleus accumbens.

Zhang, M

Intake of high-fat food is selectively enhanced by mu opioid receptor stimulation within the nucleus accumbens. [electronic resource] - The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics May 1998 - 908-14 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Animals
Dietary Carbohydrates--administration & dosage
Dietary Fats--administration & dosage
Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-
Enkephalins--pharmacology
Food Deprivation
Male
Naltrexone--pharmacology
Nucleus Accumbens--physiology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Opioid, mu--physiology