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Concomitant Release of Ventral Tegmental Acetylcholine and Accumbal Dopamine by Ghrelin in Rats

Ghrelin, an orexigenic peptide, regulates energy balance specifically via hypothalamic circuits. Growing evidence suggest that ghrelin increases the incentive value of motivated behaviours via activation of the cholinergic-dopaminergic reward link. It encompasses the cholinergic afferent projection...

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Autores principales: Jerlhag, Elisabet, Janson, Anna Carin, Waters, Susanna, Engel, Jörgen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049557