Motivational properties of opioids.
Using place and taste preference conditioning procedures to study the effects of various mu and kappa opioid receptor ligands it has been found that place and taste preferences are mediated by mu opioid receptors, while aversions -- by kappa opioid receptors.
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Department of Neuropharmacology, Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Planegg-Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D005518:Food Preferences; D009042:Motivation; D009294:Narcotics; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000502:physiology*; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D013649:Taste
D009294:Narcotics; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu