Ghrelin: Neurotransmitter/hormone involved in reward and compulsive behaviors involving drugs and natural rewards. (L) means lay article about a study
Ghrelin
- A ghrelin receptor (GHS-R1A) antagonist attenuates the rewarding properties of morphine and increases opioid peptide levels in reward areas in mice (2015)
- Divergent circuitry underlying food reward and intake effects of ghrelin: dopaminergic VTA-accumbens projection mediates ghrelin’s effect on food reward but not food intake (2013)
- Ghrelin and endocannabinoids participation in morphine induced effects in the rat nucleus accumbens (2015)
- Ghrelin and GHS-R1A signaling within the ventral and laterodorsal tegmental area regulate sexual behavior in sexually naïve male mice (2015)
- Overlap of food addiction and substance use disorders definitions: analysis of animal and human studies (2014)
- Role of ghrelin in drug abuse and reward-relevant behaviors: a burgeoning field and gaps in the literature (2013)
- Role of ghrelin in food reward: impact of ghrelin on sucrose self-administration and mesolimbic dopamine and acetylcholine receptor gene expression (2012)
- Sub-chronic Ghrelin Receptor Blockade Attenuates Alcohol- and Amphetamine-Induced Locomotor Stimulation in Mice (2015)
- The impact of the appetite-regulating, orexigenic peptide ghrelin on alcohol use disorders: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical data (2016)
- The role of ghrelin in reward-based eating (2012)
- The role of ghrelin signalling for sexual behaviour in male mice (2014)
- Why is your memory so bad when you’re hungry? (2016)
- (L) Stomach hormone ghrelin found to increase sex drive in mice (2015)
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