Central oxytocin signaling inhibits food reward-motivated behaviors and VTA dopamine responses to food-predictive cues in male rats
Clarissa M. Liu, Ted M. Hsu, Andrea N. Suarez, Keshav S. Subramanian, Ryan A. Fatemi, Alyssa M. Cortella, Emily E. Noble, Mitchell F. Roitman, Scott E. Kanoski
This study shows that central oxytocin reduces food-seeking behavior and VTA dopamine responses to food cues in male rats, but not postingestive reward value encoding.
Hormones and Behavior · Oct 1, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience