-transparent.png){kind=logo}
The effects of injecting Bombesin (BBS) into the lateral cerebral ventricle on operant responding for food and water in the rat were investigated in two experiments. In the first experiment injections of BBS suppressed both operant responding for water and post-session water consumption. A combined treatment of water preloading and BBS injections produced greater suppression of post-session water consumption than either BBS injections or water preloading. This suggests that the peptide has a primary antidipsic effect. In the second experiment BBS produced a significant suppression of operant responding for food reward as well as lowered body temperature. This suggests that BBS may serve as a true satiety signal for food motivated behavior.
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
January 1992,
Peptides,
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
February 1990,
Psychological reports,
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
September 1971,
Physiology & behavior,
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
April 2010,
Biological psychiatry,
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
January 1977,
Communications in psychopharmacology,
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
April 1961,
Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior,
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
January 1990,
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry,
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
July 1990,
Brain research bulletin,
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
January 1987,
The Japanese journal of physiology,
A M Babcock, and
D D Avery, and
K L Maitland
May 1985,
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior,
