Opioid peptide signal in the brain makes mice hungrier for reward

Lola Welsch and Brigitte L. Kieffer ()

Nature, 2021, vol. 598, issue 7882, 568-570

Abstract: Release of opioid peptide in the brain leads food-deprived mice to eat more sugar than do mice that are well fed. This opioid signalling mechanism fine-tunes the reward value of food according to the animal’s state.

Keywords: Neuroscience; Animal behaviour; Physiology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-02723-z

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