abstract：OBJECTIVE:The jiggle of the motor evoked potential (MEP) induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) depends on a number of factors including the assessment of this stochastic signal by the method known as area under curve (AUC). We aim to ascertain the MEP findings assessed by the AUC method obtained from indiv...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Leon-Sarmiento FE,Rizzo-Sierra CV,Leon-Ariza JS,Leon-Ariza DS,Sobota R,Prada DG

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Influences of depression symptoms on the sweet taste threshold were investigated in healthy college students (30 males and 40 females). Depression symptoms were scored by SDS (Self-Rating Depression Scale), and anxiety levels by STAI (State- and Trait-Anxiety Inventory). Recognition thresholds for sucrose were determi...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Nagai M,Matsumoto S,Endo J,Sakamoto R,Wada M

更新日期：2015-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer patients frequently suffer from fatigue, a complex syndrome associated with tiredness and depressed mood. Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) can be present at the time of diagnosis, escalates during treatment, and can persist for years after treatment. CRF negatively influences quality of life, limits functional inde...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Norden DM,Devine R,Bicer S,Jing R,Reiser PJ,Wold LE,Godbout JP,McCarthy DO

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yawning is a familiar and phylogenetically widespread phenomenon, but no consensus exists regarding its functional significance. We tested the hypothesis that yawning communicates to others a transition from a state of physiological and/or psychological arousal (for example, due to action of a stressor) to a more rela...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Liang AC,Grace JK,Tompkins EM,Anderson DJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of temperature and food availability on social bonds and group formation are poorly understood. Because seasonal transitions in female social behavior facilitate the assembly of winter groups in meadow voles, we explored the role of same-sex female associations in winter sociality. To examine the effects o...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Ondrasek NR,Wade A,Burkhard T,Hsu K,Nguyen T,Post J,Zucker I

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this observational study was to identify biomechanical differences, as measured by pharyngeal manometric pressure patterns, between discrete and continuous water swallowing, as well as volitionally initiated and reflexive swallowing. METHODS:Using pharyngeal manometry, swallowing-related pressures f...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Al-Toubi AK,Doeltgen SH,Daniels SK,Corey DM,Huckabee ML

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During later life sleep depth (slow-wave sleep, SWS) and maintenance exhibit deleterious changes, with possible negative effects on daytime function. This study assessed the effect of chronic, supervised exercise on sleep using laboratory-based polysomnography (PSG) and repeated measures in older adults. Thirteen men ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Melancon MO,Lorrain D,Dionne IJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike thermal comfort in air, little research has been undertaken exploring thermal comfort around water sports. We investigated the impact of swimming and cooling in air after swimming on thermal comfort. After 10 min of swimming-and-resting cycles in 28°C water, volunteers wearing two types of garments or in swim b...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Guéritée J,Redortier B,House JR,Tipton MJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:BDNF is strongly implicated in the development of depression. Recent evidence has indicated that tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) are related to the cleavage of pro-brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) into its mature form. Chronic unpredicted mild stress (CUMS) is w...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Tang M,Jiang P,Li H,Cai H,Liu Y,Gong H,Zhang L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Less sensitive interoception for hunger and fullness has been observed in people who consume a diet rich in saturated fat and added sugar. In this study we examined whether healthy young people who routinely consume such diets, also demonstrate less sensitive thirst interoception. Participants, varying primarily in di...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Brannigan M,Stevenson RJ,Francis H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Learning and memory seem to be affected by chronic stress. Previous reports have considered chronic stress as a precipitating factor of different neuropsychological disorders, while others reported neurobiological adaptations following stress. The present study investigated the effects of chronic stress before, after,...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Radahmadi M,Alaei H,Sharifi MR,Hosseini N

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the suitability of potential biomarkers for maternal ability in cattle, and in addition to test the hypothesis that dairy cows have a less pronounced motherliness than beef cows. Therefore, maternal behavior of 20 Simmental beef-type (S) and 20 German Black Pied (da...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Geburt K,Friedrich M,Piechotta M,Gauly M,König von Borstel U

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communal nesting (CN) is a mouse model of early social enrichment during pregnancy and lactation. In this study, a rat model of CN was developed to determine if CN exerts an epigenetic effect in rats selectively bred for an infantile affective trait (high and low rates of ultrasonic distress calls). High and Low offsp...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Martinez AR,Brunelli SA,Zimmerberg B

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:This cohort study evaluates whether the association between low-grade inflammation and incident depressive symptoms is independent of abdominal obesity and metabolic disturbances. METHODS:A cohort of 1167 non-depressed men aged 35 to 80 years were followed up over 5 years to assess incident depressive sympt...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Tully PJ,Baumeister H,Bengel J,Jenkins A,Januszewski A,Martin S,Wittert GA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive behavior is a major public health problem worldwide and has been associated with many gene variants, especially those related to the serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) system, and environmental factors. However, the overall contribution of serotonin-related genes to aggressive behavior is not well unders...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Chen C,Liu C,Chen C,Moyzis R,Chen W,Dong Q

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High fat diets induce oxidative stress which may be involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Quercetin is a kind of antioxidant that has neuroprotective effects and potent7ial pro-oxidant effects as well. In this study, we evaluated cognitive function in mice fed with high fat diets and basic diets with or without quer...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Xia SF,Xie ZX,Qiao Y,Li LR,Cheng XR,Tang X,Shi YH,Le GW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, body mass at birth is an important predictor of early postnatal growth and survival. Within litters, heavier young are more successful in competing for limited resources and show higher rates of growth and survival than their lighter sibs. In the present study, we investigated the contribution of two aspec...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Bautista A,Rödel HG,Monclús R,Juárez-Romero M,Cruz-Sánchez E,Martínez-Gómez M,Hudson R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary α-amylase (sAA) activity has been extensively investigated in nutrition and psychology. But few studies were performed to assess the role played by sAA gene (AMY1) copies and protein expression in basal and stimulus-induced sAA activity. The sAA activity, amount and AMY1 copy number were determined from 184 s...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Yang ZM,Lin J,Chen LH,Zhang M,Chen WW,Yang XR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Satiety signals arising from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and related digestive organs during food ingestion and digestion are conveyed by vagal sensory afferents to the hindbrain nucleus of the solitary tract (NST). Two intermingled but chemically distinct NST neuronal populations have been implicated in meal size...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Kreisler AD,Davis EA,Rinaman L

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vagal afferents are a vital link between the peripheral tissue and central nervous system (CNS). There is an abundance of vagal afferents present within the proximal gastrointestinal tract which are responsible for monitoring and controlling gastrointestinal function. Whilst essential for maintaining homeostasis there...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Kentish SJ,Page AJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adequate energy intake is vital for the survival of humans and is regulated by complex homeostatic and hedonic mechanisms. Supported by functional MRI (fMRI) studies that consistently demonstrate differences in brain response as a function of weight status during exposure to appetizing food stimuli, it has been posite...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Burger KS,Berner LA

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Chronic exposure to a diet rich in fats changes the gastrointestinal milieu and alters responses to several signals involved in the control of food intake. Oleoylethanolamide (OEA) is a gut-derived satiety signal released from enterocytes upon the ingestion of dietary fats. The anorexigenic effect of OEA, which requir...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Romano A,Karimian Azari E,Tempesta B,Mansouri A,Micioni Di Bonaventura MV,Ramachandran D,Lutz TA,Bedse G,Langhans W,Gaetani S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent rats differ in their responses to stress and ethanol from their adult counterparts, although not much is known about the contribution of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) to these differences. This study assessed the impact of stress, ethanol, and their combination on parameters of heart rate variability (...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Saalfield J,Spear L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effects of quercetin in the impairment of memory and anxiogenic-like behavior induced by cadmium (Cd) exposure. We also investigated possible alterations in acetylcholinesterase (AChE), Na(+),K(+)-ATPase and δ-aminolevulinate dehydratase (δ-ALA-D) activities as well as in oxidative s...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Abdalla FH,Schmatz R,Cardoso AM,Carvalho FB,Baldissarelli J,de Oliveira JS,Rosa MM,Gonçalves Nunes MA,Rubin MA,da Cruz IB,Barbisan F,Dressler VL,Pereira LB,Schetinger MR,Morsch VM,Gonçalves JF,Mazzanti CM

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light-dark box and open field are conventional tests for assessment of anxiety-like behavior in the laboratory mice, based on approach-avoidance conflict. However, except the basic principles, variations in the equipment and procedures are very common. Therefore, contribution of certain methodological issues in differ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Kulesskaya N,Voikar V

更新日期：2014-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the opioid receptor blocker, naloxone, is less effective in reducing palatable food intake in offspring exposed to a maternal cafeteria diet during the perinatal period, implicating a desensitization of the central opioid pathway in the programming of food preferences. The present stud...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Gugusheff JR,Ong ZY,Muhlhausler BS

更新日期：2014-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Male rat sexual behavior has been intensively studied over the past 100 years, but few studies have examined how sexual behavior changes over the course of several days of interactions. In this experiment, adult male rats in the experimental group (n=12) were given daily access to estrus females for 30 min per day for...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Shulman LM,Spritzer MD

更新日期：2014-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice adapted to drink a flavored saccharin solution (CS-) paired with intragastric (IG) self-infusions of water rapidly increase their intake of a new flavored solution (CS+) that is paired with IG glucose self-infusions. The present study extends this method to examine post-oral glucose appetition in rats. Food-restr...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Ackroff K,Sclafani A

更新日期：2014-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxytocin (OT) neural system is thought to be involved in the underlying mechanisms that guide the development of social behaviors. In the present study, we examined the effects of neonatal oxytocin manipulation in mice. Within 24 hours after birth, pups in the treatment group randomly received an intraperitoneal i...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Mogi K,Ooyama R,Nagasawa M,Kikusui T

更新日期：2014-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of breakfast and breakfast omission on daily food intake in normal and overweight participants was investigated. 37 participants were recruited for this experimental study and assigned to one of four groups on the basis of their body mass index (BMI) (normal weight BMI <25 kg/m(2) or overweight/obese BMI >2...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Reeves S,Huber JW,Halsey LG,Horabady-Farahani Y,Ijadi M,Smith T

更新日期：2014-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Schisantherin A (STA) is a main bioactive lignan isolated from Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill., which has been widely used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine for many years. Lots of studies have reported that STA exhibited anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. This paper was designed to investigate t...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Li X,Zhao X,Xu X,Mao X,Liu Z,Li H,Guo L,Bi K,Jia Y

更新日期：2014-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:17-β estradiol (E2) has been shown to modulate fear conditioning by influencing freezing behavior following re-exposure to either the conditioning context or a cue associated with shock. Fear-related behaviors other than freezing may be influenced differently by E2 replacement. Accordingly, the present study examined ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Gervais NJ,Jacob S,Brake WG,Mumby DG

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences exist in the regulation of energy homeostasis in response to calorie scarcity or excess. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is one of the anorexigenic neuropeptides regulating energy homeostasis. Expression of Bdnf mRNA in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH) is closely associated w...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Liu X,Zhu Z,Kalyani M,Janik JM,Shi H

更新日期：2014-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has reported no effect of exercise modality (aerobic vs. resistance) on energy intake (EI). However, the relatively low energy cost of resistance training, the absence of total energy expenditure (TEE) measurements and the short duration of these studies justify further investigation. OBJE...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Cadieux S,McNeil J,Lapierre MP,Riou MÈ,Doucet É

更新日期：2014-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of event-related potentials (ERPs) is an important factor determining the value of studies relating ERP components to individual differences. However, studies examining the reliability of ERPs are surprisingly scarce. The current study examines the test-retest reliability of ERP components (VPP, N170, ...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Huffmeijer R,Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ,Alink LR,van Ijzendoorn MH

更新日期：2014-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty to thirty percent of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) suffer from not only motor disorder, but also symptoms of dementia, named Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD). Cognitive deficits in PDD include memory, recognition, and attention. Although patients with PDD show fluctuation of internal attention when t...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Ho SC,Hsu CC,Yu CH,Huang WN,Tikhonova MA,Ho MC,Hung CS,Amstislavskaya TG,Ho YJ

更新日期：2014-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal infection has enduring effects on the brain, both at the cellular and behavioral levels. We determined the effects of peripheral infection with Escherichia coli at postnatal day (P) 4 in rats on a water maze task in adulthood, and assessed neuronal activation in the dentate gyrus (DG) following the memory tes...

journal_title：Physiology & behavior

authors： Williamson LL,Bilbo SD

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00