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We examined the impact of intra-accumbens injections of a variety of homeostatic-related peptides (HRPs) on eating elicited by a sweetened fat diet, with or without co-administration of the prophagic mu-opioid agonist [D-Ala2, N-MePhe4, Gly-ol]-enkephalin (DAMGO).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Rats received surgical placement of guide cannulas above the anterior medial nucleus accumbens. Non-restricted animals were then accustomed to 2-h daily access to a sweetened fat diet. Palatable eating was examined following intra-accumbens injections of one hypothalamic HRP, alone or with co-infusions of DAMGO.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Nucleus accumbens injections of neuropeptide Y (NPY) and Orexin-A significantly increased palatable eating. Cocaine- and amphetamine-related transcript (CART) reduced intake. When rats received co-stimulation of \u03bc-opioid receptors, NPY and DAMGO had a synergistic effect on food intake, whereas Orexin-A initially disrupted eating on the palatable diet and had no additive effect with DAMGO by the end of the session. Neither agouti-related protein (AGRP), melanin concentrating hormone (MCH), alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (\u03b1MSH), nor the stress-related peptides corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) or urocortin impacted intake, although MCH and CRF both affected eating in response to mu-opioid receptor stimulation dependent upon the dose.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These experiments offer insight into the regulation of hedonically motivated feeding by homeostatic- and stress-related inputs to the nucleus accumbens. 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