Duration of environmental enrichment influences the magnitude and persistence of its behavioral effects on mice.

abstract：:The current study examines the effects of electrolytic median raphe lesions on the feeding and drinking behaviors of rats maintained on a 23-hr food deprivation schedule. Measurement of food intake during the feeding period indicated no difference between the two groups but lesioned animals showed significantly more s...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Asin KE,Wirtshafter D

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central effect of oxytocin (OT) on the aggressive behavior of lactating rats was studied. Female rats are more aggressive than nonlactating resident females, vigorously attacking conspecific intruder male or females. This behavior is considered important for pup protection against infanticide. The present work aim...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Consiglio AR,Borsoi A,Pereira GA,Lucion AB

更新日期：2005-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals were assigned to three experimental groups, conditioned (cyclophosphamide-glucose treatment; C group), non-conditioned (cyclophosphamide-commercial pellet treatment; NC group) and placebo (saline solution-glucose treatment; P group). The three groups were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with sheep red blood ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Napolitano F,De Rosa G,Grasso F,Migliori G,Bordi A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased cardiovascular incidence in winter is partly explained by higher blood pressure due to cold exposure. Although higher salt intake induced by cold exposure has been reported in mice, the association remains unclear in humans. To investigate the association between salt intake and cold exposure in winter, a cr...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Saeki K,Obayashi K,Tone N,Kurumatani N

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of ovarian hormones on female rat ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs). Twenty (10 control and 10 ovariectomized) 3-month-old female rats were recorded in 3 recording conditions (elicitation, dyad, and isolation) over a full estrous cycle or time-matched duration. There we...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Lenell C,Johnson AM

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based upon his work with robots, Raibert proposed that a specific class of symmetry equations may be important to animals and humans during steady-state running. In a test of this hypothesis, Raibert found good agreement with his predictions. However, his test was limited to one cat at two speeds and a human at a sing...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Vilensky JA,Gankiewicz E,Libii JN

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, a hormone-simulated pregnancy (HSP), and the subsequent 'postpartum' withdrawal in estradiol has been shown to precipitate depressive-like behaviours in the forced swim test in female rats. In this study, we used the HSP and 'postpartum' withdrawal to investigate the impact on sucrose consumption, a model ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Green AD,Barr AM,Galea LA

更新日期：2009-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was a description of hormonal profiles in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) in estrus that was induced by male exposure versus postpartum estrus. Hormonal profiles are reported in sexually naive females and in sexually experienced females, as a function of varying amounts of ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Carter CS,Witt DM,Manock SR,Adams KA,Bahr JM,Carlstead K

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin treatment in rats induces long-lasting antistress and growth promoting effects. This study investigated whether prolyl-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG) (the c-terminal tripeptide of oxytocin) or tocinoic acid (the ring structure of oxytocin) could induce some of these effects in male rats. For this purpose, PLG (2 or...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Petersson M,Uvnäs-Moberg K

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate paraventricular hypothalamic neuronal actions responsible for the effects of neurotransmitters on feeding, and to test the notion that a single population of cells there could account for feeding effects, hypothalamic slices containing the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) were prepared from rats. Electroph...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Kow LM,Pfaff DW

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared were the light-dark pattern of absolute energy intake and macronutrient selection of male Wistar rats intracerebroventricularly infused with glucagon (5 ng/h) or saline for 7 days in a three-way selection of macronutrients. Glucagon infusion induced a decrease in 24 h and nocturnal energy intake, whereas no s...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Komenami N,Su FH,Thibault L

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombesin has been shown to decrease food intake and increase the duration of slow wave sleep, as well as to increase blood glucose and glucagon. A suspected mechanism of bombesin's anorexigenic and hypnogenic action could be via its possible effect on the enhancement of metabolism itself. Therefore, the effect of bomb...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Even PC,de Saint Hilaire Z,Nicolaïdis S

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research investigating sodium hunger in mice has failed to produce evidence that mineralocorticoids are involved in sodium appetite. In our own laboratory, doses of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) ranging from 1 mg/kg to 20 mg/kg have failed to induce a sodium appetite. In rats, glucocorticoids have been effective ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Rodd ZA,Henricks KK,McCutcheon NB

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoreception of foodstuff in the gut is performed by endocrine cells dispersed in the gut epithelium. They are bipolar cells extending an apical process to the gut lumen and releasing their messenger substances from the cell base in response to the apical stimuli. The cells share cell-biological features with neuron...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Fujita T

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human body associates sensory cues with metabolic consequences. Exposure to sweet-tasting sugars - even in the absence of ingestion - triggers physiological responses that are associated with carbohydrate digestion, absorption and metabolism. These responses include the release of insulin and incretin hormones, wh...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Tucker RM,Tan SY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vertebrates, male-typical sexual behavior (MSB) is largely controlled by gonadal androgens, however, the mechanism of this control is believed to vary among species. During immediate activation MSB is tightly correlated with circulating levels of androgens, while the organization of MSB by a hormonal event at a spe...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Schořálková T,Kratochvíl L,Kubička L

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effects of caffeine on memory for supraspan word lists. Twelve groups of male and female college students classified as high or low impulsive were administered (PO) 0 mg/kg, 2 mg/kg or 4 mg/kg of caffeine. Subjects listened to four word lists presented at a fast rate and four at a sl...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Erikson GC,Hager LB,Houseworth C,Dungan J,Petros T,Beckwith BE

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult male rats were exposed to single applications of one of three stressful stimuli (low environmental temperature, immobilization, random footshock) for periods up to 4 hours and plasma levels of corticosterone (PCS), fatty acids (PFA), and glucose (PGL) were determined at various points during the stress exposure ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Odio MR,Maickel RP

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four groups of Wistar rats were exposed either to saccharin + 2,4,5-T (taste-aversion group, T-A), saccharin + oil vehicle (taste-aversion control, T-A C), water + 2,4,5-T (enhanced neophobia, E-N), or water + oil (neophobia, N). Rats in the T-A group evidenced a marked aversion to saccharin in 3 consecutive preferenc...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Sjödén PO,Archer T

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research has analyzed how individual characteristics, like the exposure to different hormones and symmetry, affect decision-making and strategic behaviour. The present article investigates the effect of symmetry, of exposure to testosterone (T) in utero and during puberty and of current T on cooperation in a Pr...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Sanchez-Pages S,Turiegano E

更新日期：2010-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Three experiments examined the hypothesis that social isolation of weanling rats potentiates hedonic processes by examining the consumption of sucrose solutions. In the first experiment no differences in consumption were found between socially reared rats and isolation-reared rats allowed to consume sucrose in a famil...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Hall FS,Humby T,Wilkinson LS,Robbins TW

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two healthy young adults classified either as Type A (coronary prone) or Type B were randomly assigned to a vigilance task during which observing responses produced targets according to either a predictable (i.e., fixed-interval 90-sec) or a nonpredictable (i.e., random-interval 90-sec) reinforcement schedule. D...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Zeichner A,Allen JD,Spiga R,Rudd J,Brown A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), a synthetic progestin with androgen-depleting activity, is used to treat the deviant sexual behavior of men. To investigate the effects of MPA in another anthropoid primate, 16 oppositely-sexed pairs of cynomolgus monkeys were observed in one-hour behavior tests during 15 successive ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Zumpe D,Michael RP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanolic extract of leaves of Morus alba L. (M. alba), known as white mulberry, was orally administered (100 mg/kg b.wt) for 8 weeks to female Wistar rats that were fed a high-cholesterol diet (HCD), to investigate the potential of M. alba leaves in attenuation of obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and defici...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Metwally FM,Rashad H,Mahmoud AA

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite some reports that aspartame (APM)-sweetened beverages may increase subjective appetite, previously we demonstrated that drinking 280 ml of an APM-sweetened soft drink (170 mg APM) had no effect on appetite, and 560 ml of the same soft drink (340 mg APM) reduced appetite. The present study examined this appetit...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Black RM,Leiter LA,Anderson GH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute exercise evokes an almost instantaneous lymphocytosis, followed by sustained lymphopenia that occurs within just 30-60 min after exercise cessation. The aim of this study was to characterize the immediate (order of minutes) post-exercise kinetics of lymphocyte and monocyte egress, and to determine whether this e...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Rooney BV,Bigley AB,LaVoy EC,Laughlin M,Pedlar C,Simpson RJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, inexpensive device which controls the insertion, positioning and withdrawal of cortical undercutting microkinives is described. The device aids the "rolling" insertion of an L-shaped microknife which produces a minimum amount of overlying tissue damage while it holds the knife steady during undercutting and ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Kubos KL,Kummel J,Moran TH,Sanberg PR,Bolduc PL,Robinson RG

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate changes in ambulatory and drinking behavior, using the Gunma University-type special apparatus for continuous and direct measurement of ambulation and drinking in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (STZ, 60 mg/kg). Ambulatory activity of diabetic rats was significantly less t...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Shimomura Y,Shimizu H,Takahashi M,Sato N,Uehara Y,Negishi M,Kobayashi I,Kobayashi S

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three experiments were conducted to determine whether the presence of a male partner during the gestation period facilitates pregnancy maintenance in female prairie voles. In each of the three experiments more females delivered litters when the male was present and separated from them by a wire-mesh barrier than when ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Dewsbury DA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our prior study showed that the basal blood pressure level and pressor response to peripheral angiotensin II of adult Sprague-Dawley rats were enhanced by perinatal exposure to a high NaCl diet. The purpose of the present study was to assess further the relationship between NaCl-sensitivity of blood pressure and perin...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Contreras RJ,Oparil S

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00