Sex and Feeding Status Differently Affect Natural Reward Seeking Behavior in Olfactory Bulbectomized Rats
Ruda-Kucerova J, Zanda M, Amchova P, Fratta W, Fattore L. Sex and Feeding Status Differently Affect Natural Reward Seeking Behavior in Olfactory Bulbectomized Rats. Frontiers In Behavioral Neuroscience 2018, 12: 255. PMID: 30425627, PMCID: PMC6218565, DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSchedule of reinforcementPalatable food pelletsOBX ratsOBX lesionOperant respondingSelf-administrationFood pelletsNatural reward-seeking behaviorsIntravenous drug self-administrationSex differencesFood self-administrationDepressive-like phenotypeDrug self-administrationOperant self-administrationReward-seeking behaviorDrug-seeking behaviorRates of comorbidityPotential sex differencesFood restrictionOBX modelFood intakeOlfactory bulbectomyDrug-takingPalatable foodPsychiatric disorders