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Sugar Bingeing in Rats

Publication ,  Journal Article
M. Avena, N; Rada, P; Hoebel, BG
Published in: Current Protocols in Neuroscience
July 2006

Bingeing behavior is characteristic of many eating disorders. This unit describes an animal model of sugar bingeing. This model has been used successfully to elicit behavioral and neurochemical signs of sugar dependence in rats, e.g., indices of bingeing, withdrawal, increased intake after abstinence (deprivation effect), cross‐sensitization with amphetamine, and increases in dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens due to repeated bingeing.

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Current Protocols in Neuroscience

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EISSN

1934-8576

ISSN

1934-8584

Publication Date

July 2006

Volume

36

Issue

1

Publisher

Wiley
 

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M. Avena, N., Rada, P., & Hoebel, B. G. (2006). Sugar Bingeing in Rats. Current Protocols in Neuroscience, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/0471142301.ns0923cs36
M. Avena, Nicole, Pedro Rada, and Bartley G. Hoebel. “Sugar Bingeing in Rats.” Current Protocols in Neuroscience 36, no. 1 (July 2006). https://doi.org/10.1002/0471142301.ns0923cs36.
M. Avena N, Rada P, Hoebel BG. Sugar Bingeing in Rats. Current Protocols in Neuroscience. 2006 Jul;36(1).
M. Avena, Nicole, et al. “Sugar Bingeing in Rats.” Current Protocols in Neuroscience, vol. 36, no. 1, Wiley, July 2006. Crossref, doi:10.1002/0471142301.ns0923cs36.
M. Avena N, Rada P, Hoebel BG. Sugar Bingeing in Rats. Current Protocols in Neuroscience. Wiley; 2006 Jul;36(1).

Published In

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

DOI

EISSN

1934-8576

ISSN

1934-8584

Publication Date

July 2006

Volume

36

Issue

1

Publisher

Wiley