Encoding of Sucrose's Palatability in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell and Its Modulation by Exteroceptive Auditory Cues

Although the palatability of sucrose is the primary reason for why it is over consumed, it is not well understood how it is encoded in the nucleus accumbens shell (NAcSh), a brain region involved in reward, feeding, and sensory/motor transformations. Similarly, untouched are issues regarding how an...

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Main Authors: Miguel Villavicencio, Mario G. Moreno, Sidney A. Simon, Ranier Gutierrez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2018.00265/full