Previous work has implicated the cholinergic system in modulating feeding behavior;
however, its specific function remains unclear. This work aims to characterize potential …

Conditioned flavor preferences (CFP) are elicited by sucrose relative to saccharin in inbred
mice with both the robustness of the preferences and sensitivity to pharmacological receptor …

Energy balance requires that an organism match caloric intake relatively precisely with
caloric expenditure. In humans, an error of only+ 11 kcal/day results in a one pound weight …

Murine strain differences occur for both intakes of and preferences for sugars and fats.
Previous studies demonstrated that the muscarinic cholinergic receptor antagonist …

Rats display conditioned flavor preferences (CFP) for fats. Previous studies demonstrated
that whereas expression of an already-acquired corn oil (CO)-CFP was mildly reduced by …

So far, investigations into the neural basis of affect have revealed discrete, anatomically
localized sites called hedonic “hotspots” in nucleus accumbens (NAc) and ventral pallidum …

Binge-eating disorder (BED) and obesity are major public health problems that are
associated with psychosocial distress, impairments in daily function, and life-threatening co …

The distinction between natural addiction and drug addiction is interesting from many points
of view, including scientific and medical perspectives.“Natural addictions” are those based …