The mechanism by which exercise modifies brain function.

abstract：:Animal shelters are an extremely stressful environment for a dog, most specifically due to social isolation and novel surroundings. The stress response of dogs housed in this environment may be alleviated through human interaction shortly after arrival. During their second day in a public animal shelter, adult stray d...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Coppola CL,Grandin T,Enns RM

更新日期：2006-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior studies have demonstrated the utility of conditioned place preference procedures for examining the motivational or rewarding properties of behavior. The purpose of this experiment was to assess whether female Syrian hamsters would show evidence of conditioned place preference for aggression or sexual behaviors. ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Meisel RL,Joppa MA

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The song of songbirds is a testosterone-sensitive behavior that is controlled by brain regions expressing androgen receptors. At higher latitudes, seasonal singing is stimulated by increasing day-length and elevated circulating testosterone. However, a large number of songbird species inhabit equatorial regions under ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Quispe R,Sèbe F,da Silva ML,Gahr M

更新日期：2016-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Following cholinergic denervation of the hippocampal formation, via medial septal lesions, sympathetic fibers, originating from the superior cervical ganglia, grow into the hippocampus. Previous studies have demonstrated a detrimental effect of these fibers on recovery of a spatial-learning task in male but not female...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Harrell LE,Goyal M,Parsons DS,Peagler A

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the hypothesis that prenatal stress potentiates defensive responsiveness which may interfere with the expression of appetitive behavioral activities. Sibling pairs of prenatally stressed and control juvenile rats were placed in an unfamiliar environment. The latency and frequency of social play, a sought-a...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Takahashi LK,Haglin C,Kalin NH

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesolimbic dopamine plays a critical role in food-related reward processing and learning. The literature focuses primarily on the nucleus accumbens as the key dopaminergic target in which enhanced dopamine signaling is associated with reward. Here, we demonstrate a novel neurobiological mechanism by which dopamine tra...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Anderberg RH,Anefors C,Bergquist F,Nissbrandt H,Skibicka KP

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current statistics on children's eating patterns and obesity rates are consistent with the idea that genetic taste predispositions, traditional feeding practices, and the obesogenic environment combine to increase the likelihood of unhealthy outcomes in many individuals. In this paper, we focus on one particular level...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Birch LL,Anzman-Frasca S

更新日期：2011-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin was introduced, by means of a fine cannula, into the lateral geniculate body of cats immobilized with Flaxedil and artificially ventilated, while the electrical activity at the point of injection was monitored by means of microelectrodes. Doses of 1.25 to 30 mug dissolved in 0.5 to 2.0 mul of saline produced...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Rinaldi P,Sutko M,Mahnke JH,Verzeano M

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies from this and other laboratories have demonstrated that sympathetic-adrenal medullary responses are reduced in laboratory rats exposed to chronic intermittent stress. To extend these findings, we have conducted three experiments in which laboratory rats were exposed daily for 26 consecutive days to the same (h...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Konarska M,Stewart RE,McCarty R

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medial zone of parabrachial nuclei (PBN) serves as an obligatory synapse in the central gustatory system in rodents. Lesions in the PBN impair taste aversion learning and depletion-induced sodium appetite in rats, and also alter the ingestion of sapid stimuli. Interpretation of these lesion-induced behavioral defi...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Spector AC,Grill HJ,Norgren R

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of injecting agonists of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) muscimol (GABA-A receptor agonist) and baclofen (GABA-B receptor agonist) in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) and neighboring brain regions, the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), and lateral preoptic...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Arrati PG,Carmona C,Dominguez G,Beyer C,Rosenblatt JS

更新日期：2006-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The requisite criteria for what constitutes a taste primary have not been established. Recent advances in understanding of the mechanisms and functions of taste have prompted suggestions for an expanded list of unique taste sensations, including fat, or more specifically, free fatty acids (FFA). A set of criteria are ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Mattes RD

更新日期：2011-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual variability in sensitivity to the acute thermic effects of nicotine has been difficult to study because of methodological limitations in the use of smoking to manipulate nicotine dose. This study examined the influence of smoking history, body composition, and, in a subset of subjects, aerobic fitness and p...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Perkins KA,Sexton JE

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-Hydroxycitric acid (HCA) reportedly promotes weight loss, in part, through suppression of hunger. However, this mechanism has never been evaluated in humans in a controlled study. Eighty-nine mildly overweight females were prescribed 5020-kJ diets for 12 weeks as part of a double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Mattes RD,Bormann L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medial preoptic area of the anterior hypothalamus (MPOA/AH) and the dorsolateral tegmentum (DLT) play an important role in the control of sexual behavior. Unilateral lesions of the MPOA/AH (medial preoptic area of the anterior hypothalamus) combined with unilateral lesions of the contralateral DLT result in defici...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Giordano M,Güemes M,López-Arias V,Paredes RG

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-absorbable substitute for dietary triacylglycerol, olestra, has been marketed in the United States for fifteen years. Olestra is comprised of sucrose with six to eight of its hydroxyl groups forming ester links with long-chain fatty acids. Because olestra is not hydrolyzed by fat-splitting enzymes in the small...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Jandacek RJ

更新日期：2012-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleasant and unpleasant flavors and odors can modulate pain perception, and the efficacy of sweet flavors in reducing pain seems to be related to its hedonic value. Chronic variate stress paradigm is a model of depression, and is suggested to induce anhedonia. We observed previously that lithium may prevent behavioral...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： de Vasconcellos AP,Nieto FB,Fontella FU,da Rocha ER,Dalmaz C

更新日期：2006-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Larger food portions lead to increased intake but the mechanism behind this effect is unclear. We investigated the effect of portion size on bite size, eating rate, deceleration rate, and meal duration. DESIGN AND METHODS:Thirty-seven overweight women attended 5 visits after a 3 h fast and consumed a 229, 30...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Almiron-Roig E,Tsiountsioura M,Lewis HB,Wu J,Solis-Trapala I,Jebb SA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of loratadine, a peripherally acting histamine (H1) antagonist, and methysergide, a serotonin (5-HT) antagonist, were evaluated in seven normal-weight, male research volunteers, participating in a placebo-controlled, double-blind, 17-day residential study. Participants received oral loratadine (10 or 20 mg...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Comer SD,Haney M,Ward AS,Fischman MW,Foltin RW

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of daily single injections of 20 mg/kg cocaine on locomotor activity, core temperature, and heart rate were determined by radiotelemetry. There was a progressive increase in locomotor activity over the 30-day treatment period. Cocaine-induced activity was 9-12-fold greater than that of saline-treated anima...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Ansah TA,Wade LH,Shockley DC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that alcohol consumption leads to an increase in the levels of beta-endorphin (an endogenous opioid), which can contribute to the reinforcing effect of alcohol. Our previous studies have shown that repeated treatment with naltrexone, a nonselective opioid antagonist, results in increased plasma beta-e...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Zalewska-Kaszubska J,Gorska D,Dyr W,Czarnecka E

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental factors that arrest breeding in prairie voles during the middle of the breeding season are unknown. The role of water availability on reproductive function was examined by limiting water intake to 50% of ad lib water consumption for 10 weeks. At autopsy, testicular, epididymal and seminal vesicle mas...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Nelson RJ,Frank D,Bennett SA,Carter CS

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship among changes in thirst sensations, blood variables, and differential fluid intake in hypohydrated humans was examined. Seven subjects were hypohydrated by 0%, 3%, 5%, and 7% of their body weight on four separate trials which were systematically randomized between subjects. Hypohydration levels were a...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Engell DB,Maller O,Sawka MN,Francesconi RN,Drolet L,Young AJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatomical studies of intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) reward in rats often use the lesion method and, therefore, require repeated behavioral testing before and after the lesion. Other anatomical studies on unlesioned rats use a moveable electrode to permit testing at a number of ICSS sites. Combining these method...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Richterich L,Stellar JR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult male Betta splendens were gonadectomized and tested twice for aggressive behavior two weeks later. In a mutual viewing test environment, it was found that gonadectomized animals maintained their aggressive behavior on all six indices of aggression at a level equal to controls. Animals that showed some testis reg...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Weiss CS,Coughlin JP

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have been widely used to study the molecular mechanisms of development including neurodevelopment. More recently, they have begun to be used to study neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology. Critical for this line of research are methods to study behavioral function in zebrafish. Previous studies...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Bencan Z,Levin ED

更新日期：2008-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold water swim (CWS, 2 degrees C, 3.5 min) decreases the responsiveness to nociceptive stimuli in rats. The influence of various parameters of the CWS condition on stress-induced analgesia were evaluated by means of naltrexone effects. Naltrexone dose-dependently (but significantly only at high doses--21 mg/kg) parti...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Girardot MN,Holloway FA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of norepinephrine (NE) injection into the medial preoptic area (MPOA) on plasma glucose was studied in freely moving male rats. The rats were implanted with chronic jugular catheters for blood sampling and with unilateral intracerebral cannulas placed just above the MPOA. Blood samples were taken immediatel...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： De Castro MG,Foscolo RB,Reis AM,Coimbra CC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the major neurological diseases of the elderly. How to safely and effectively remove the toxic Aβ42 peptide through blood-brain barrier (BBB) is considered to be an effective method for the prevention and treatment of AD. The compounds whose molecule weight is less than 400 Da and th...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Shi SH,Zhao X,Liu AJ,Liu B,Li H,Wu B,Bi KS,Jia Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influences of three methyl xanthines (MX) on human taste responsivity, caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine, were examined using blind control procedures. Taste responsivity in the same subjects was determined using the matching procedure described by Schiffman (Study 1) and the whole-mouth procedure described ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Brosvic GM,Rowe MM

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00