A contact eatometer suitable for feeding restriction schedules.

abstract：:A new demand feeder was designed for the automatic and accurate feeding of fish. The feeding device is microcomputer controlled and permits the continuous recording of feeding behaviour. The electromechanical feeder consists of a sliding door powered by a solenoid which provides only one weighed pellet when activated ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Sánchez-Vázquez FJ,Martínez M,Zamora S,Madrid JA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of three experiments we examined: (Experiment 1) responses to novel odors by early- and late-maturing not-pregnant, pregnant, nursing and postweaning female Mongolian gerbils, (Experiment 2) the response of the same eight groups of female gerbils to unfamiliar pups, and (Experiment 3) the rate of induction...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Clark MM,Spencer CA,Galef BG Jr

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The behavior of primiparous lactating prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and their mates individually interacting with pups was continuously assessed for 45 min after a 2-h parent-litter separation on days 3-4 and 10-11 postpartum. Both sexes were highly parental after reunion with the young, and their general patte...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Lonstein JS,De Vries GJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate whether co-ingestion of carbohydrate and protein during exercise affect the post-exercise ad libitum food intake. Twelve healthy active male participants (mean±SD, age: 20±1; height: 176±6cm; weight: 63.6±5.3kg; VO2peak: 51.2±7.1ml/kg/min) completed three main experimental trials in a r...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Sun FH,Si GY

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavor-nutrient learning occurs when the post-ingestive consequences of a food are associated with its flavor. As a signal of the food's energy density, flavor-nutrient associations have the potential to contribute to the regulation of meal size. While all calorie sources (fat, carbohydrate, protein, ethanol) can supp...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Revelle CH,Warwick ZS

更新日期：2009-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonic immobility (TI) is considered to be a final stage in a sequence of defensive responses occurring in the prey/predator encounter. It is known that the basal midbrain of toads is involved in the organization of defensive behavior and analgesia. This study investigated the effect of electrolytic or neurotoxic lesio...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Gargaglioni LH,Pereira AS,Hoffmann A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-parturient female rats were primed with oestrogen and given 5 minutes of vaginal-cervical stimulation before foster pups were introduced to them. Virgin and multiparous Wistar rats were used and half the females were ovariectomised. Half of each group was given vaginal-cervical stimulation and the other half was h...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Yeo JA,Keverne EB

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal organization of masculine sexual behavior in rats is highly stereotyped; involving a sequence of mounts, intromissions and ejaculations. Sexual behavior has been described in exogamic and genetically manipulated rodent species. In this work, we compare the male sexual behavior of outbred Sprague-Dawley (S...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Eguibar JR,Cortes C,Toriz CG,Romero-Carbente JC,González-Flores O,Fernández-Guasti A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Midbrain raphe lesions induced aggressive behavior which was characterized by defensive aggression rather than offensive aggression in nature. Furthermore, raphe-lesioned rats exhibited muricide. This muricide included not only mouse-killing but also mouse-eating behavior. Both dorsal and medial raphe lesioned (dm-R) ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Yamamoto T,Ueki S

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothalamus is critically involved in energy homeostasis and is an appropriate focus for research investigating the central neural underpinnings of obesity, anorexia and normal food intake. However, little is known regarding pathways and mechanisms that convey relevant hypothalamic signals to the brainstem circui...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Rinaman L

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because most naturally occurring toxins taste bitter to humans, any mechanism that reduces the rate at which bitter substances are ingested and digested should be adaptive. Based on the recent discovery of T2R bitter taste receptors in the gastrointestinal tract of rodents, we asked whether intragastric (IG) infusion ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Glendinning JI,Yiin YM,Ackroff K,Sclafani A

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first experimental study directed at differentiating between physiological or sensory accounts of the satiation of nondrug cravings, using chocolate craving, the most common craving in North America. At the onset of craving, chocolate cravers consumed a chocolate bar, the caloric equivalent in "white choco...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Michener W,Rozin P

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present experiment investigated the effects of exposure to inescapable shocks (IS) on subsequent behavior in an elevated plus-maze and on shuttlebox-escape performance in male and female rats. In the elevated plus-maze, exposure to IS resulted in suppression of "total number of arm entries" and "rearings" in males...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Steenbergen HL,Heinsbroek RP,Van Hest A,Van de Poll NE

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are rapidly becoming a popular animal model for neurobehavioral and psychopharmacological research. While startle testing is a well-established assay to investigate anxiety-like behaviors in different species, screening of the startle response and its habituation in zebrafish is a new direction...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Pittman JT,Lott CS

更新日期：2014-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were 1) to describe the effects of a 54 km and 111 km ultra-endurance mountain race on the biomarkers of muscle damage and inflammation, 2) to compare the effects between the two races regarding the biomarkers of muscle damage and inflammation. Sixteen ultra-endurance amateur runners volunteered...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Rubio-Arias JÁ,Ávila-Gandía V,López-Román FJ,Soto-Méndez F,Alcaraz PE,Ramos-Campo DJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fowls were deprived of water for 2 or 6 hr, and then given graded intravenous (IV) injections of water or isotonic saline. With both levels of deprivation, water preloads caused dose-dependent reductions in water intake which matched closely the volumes of preload given, whereas isotonic saline preloads had no effect ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Yeomans MR,Savory CJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sham feeding preparation was used to determine whether systemic estradiol administration inhibits the intake of 0.8 M sucrose of ovariectomized rats by decreasing the potency of pregastric controls of ingestion. During real feeding, significant reductions in the sucrose intake of estradiol-treated rats appeared wi...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Geary N,Trace D,Smith GP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that animals are selected to make accurate choices and prioritize goals within the constraints of a given social environment to maximize fitness. These decisions are mostly based on complex processes in which value is linked to reward and cues may carry variable incentive salience. However, the level...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Soares MC,Cardoso SC,Malato JT,Messias JP

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier studies had indicated the possibility of the involvement of the alpha(1) adrenergic receptors on the medial preoptic (mPOA) neurons in hypnogenesis. Microinjection of alpha1 agonist methoxamine (0.05 microg) into the mPOA of the rats, maintained at an ambient temperature (Tamb) of 24 degrees C, did not produce...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Vetrivelan R,Mallick HN,Kumar VM

更新日期：2005-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxins and nutrients interact and define herbivores' experiences with toxic plants. However, there are still open questions about the mechanisms by which nutrient-toxin interactions affect experience and as a consequence foraging decisions by consumers. This study provides a deeper insight into such mechanisms by usin...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Catanese F,Fernández P,Villalba JJ,Distel RA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of physical inactivity continues to rise despite there being sufficient evidence to indicate the appropriate dosage of exercise to mitigate risk for many non-communicable diseases. This rise in physical inactivity is unlikely related to exercise prescription knowledge, but rather in the way exercise is ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Burnet K,Kelsch E,Zieff G,Moore JB,Stoner L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent exposure to the same stressor can lead to a gradual decline in physiological, neuroendocrine and behavioral stress responses (habituation). We investigated possible habituation of cardiac autonomic responsiveness and susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias in male rats exposed to either intermittent social ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Sgoifo A,Pozzato C,Costoli T,Manghi M,Stilli D,Ferrari PF,Ceresini G,Musso E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variation of food intake and digestive tract contents over a period of 24 hours was measured in the free feeding rat kept under a 12:12 hr light:dark cycle (lights on at 0700 hr). After a cessation between 0700 and 1000 hr, the rate of food intake increased progressively during daytime followed by a marked increas...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Vachon C,Savoie L

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of stimulation pulses required to maintain a half maximal rate of self-stimulation of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) was determined for various currents. Over a restricted range, the effects of decreasing the stimulation frequency could be compensated for by increasing the current. This finding cannot easily b...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Schenk S,Prince C,Shizgal P

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the recovery from activity-stress ulcers by ad lib-feeding and/or cessation of running, male Wistar rats were exposed to the activity-stress paradigm, and the rats that revealed hypothermia (their rectal temperature fell below 36 degrees C) were sacrificed either immediately or after several 24...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Hirao M,Tanaka M,Emoto H,Ishii H,Yokoo H,Yoshida M,Tsuda A

更新日期：1997-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The pancreatic B-cell hormone amylin has been proposed to be both a satiation signal and an adiposity signal. The effects of peripheral amylin on energy balance are well investigated, but the effects of central amylin are less clear. We determined the effects of low doses of amylin administered into the 3rd cerebral v...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Wielinga PY,Löwenstein C,Muff S,Munz M,Woods SC,Lutz TA

更新日期：2010-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aversive Pavlovian conditioning is an important tool used to investigate neurobiological mechanisms underlying the acquisition and expression of fear. Most studies have used nonprimate species employing electrical shock as the unconditioned stimulus (US). Although important advances have been made in understanding the...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Kalin NH,Shelton SE,Davidson RJ,Lynn DE

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychological stress is an important perpetuating, worsening and risk factor for temporomandibular disorders of muscular or articular origin. Occlusion instability, by the way, is considered a risk factor of this pathology and can be reproduced in some experimental animal models. The exact physiologic mechanism underl...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Fernández RAR,Pereira YCL,Iyomasa DM,Calzzani RA,Leite-Panissi CRA,Iyomasa MM,Nascimento GC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased intake of dietary fiber has been associated with reduced appetite and reduced energy intake. Research on the effects of seemingly identical classes of dietary fiber on appetite has, however, resulted in conflicting findings. The present study investigated the effects of different fiber properties, includi...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Wanders AJ,Feskens EJ,Jonathan MC,Schols HA,de Graaf C,Mars M

更新日期：2014-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a considerable literature on the neurobiology of reward, based largely on studies of addiction or substance abuse. This review considers the possibility that the neural circuits that mediate reward evolved for ethologically relevant cues, such as social attachment. Specifically, mesocorticolimbic dopamine app...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Insel TR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00