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Exercise promotes positive impression formation towards both men and womenRobin B Kanarek
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Appetite 58:786-9. 2012..Exercise level also positively influenced ratings of characteristics not related to exercise. These data show that even minimal information about exercise is an important component of first impressions in both men and women...- Artificial food dyes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorderRobin B Kanarek
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Nutr Rev 69:385-91. 2011..While these strictures could have positive effects on behavior, the removal of food dyes is not a panacea for ADHD, which is a multifaceted disorder with both biological and environmental underpinnings... 
Running and addiction: precipitated withdrawal in a rat model of activity-based anorexiaRobin B Kanarek
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Behav Neurosci 123:905-12. 2009..Only minimal withdrawal symptoms were observed in inactive rats. These findings support the hypothesis that exercise-induced increases in endogenous opioid peptides act in a manner similar to chronic administration of opiate drugs...
Diet selection improves morphine's antinociceptive actions in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetesMonica Leibovici
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Behav Neurosci 121:965-75. 2007..These results indicate that diet can contribute to the severity of diabetes and could be used as an adjunct to standard treatment of the disease...- Chronic sucrose intake reduces the antagonist effect of beta-funaltrexamine on morphine-induced antinociception in female but not in male ratsR Todd Coy
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Nutr Neurosci 9:131-9. 2006..beta-FNA was less effective in blocking the antinociceptive actions of morphine in sucrose-fed female rats than in females fed only chow. In contrast, diet had minimal effects on responses to beta-FNA in male rats... - Persistent exercise attenuates nicotine- but not clonidine-induced antinociception in female ratsWendy Foulds Mathes
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 85:762-8. 2006..However, exercise does attenuate nicotine-induced antinociception. Therefore, the effect of persistent exercise on analgesic drugs is not specific to opiates... - Chronic running wheel activity attenuates the antinociceptive actions of morphine and morphine-6-glucouronide administration into the periaqueductal gray in ratsWendy Foulds Mathes
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 83:578-84. 2006..These findings provide evidence for the involvement of the CNS in exercise-mediated alterations in pain sensitivity and opiate drug actions... - Sucrose consumption enhances the analgesic effects of cigarette smoking in male and female smokersRobin B Kanarek
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 173:57-63. 2004..It is important to determine if the effects of diet on nicotine-induced analgesia are limited to experimental animals, or if these effects can be translated from the laboratory to clinical research situations... - Naltrexone antagonism of morphine antinociception in sucrose- and chow-fed ratsRobin B Kanarek
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Nutr Neurosci 7:57-61. 2004..The present data support and extend our earlier findings showing sucrose enhancement of morphine-induced antinociception in rats given a palatable sucrose solution to drink... - Sucrose-induced obesity impairs novel object recognition learning in young ratsNicole Jurdak
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Physiol Behav 96:1-5. 2009..It is hypothesized that the impairment in object recognition in rats eating sucrose is due, at least in part, to diet-induced alterations in glucose metabolism... - Chronic creatine supplementation alters depression-like behavior in rodents in a sex-dependent mannerPatricia J Allen
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 35:534-46. 2010..Although the mechanisms of action are unclear, sex differences in creatine metabolism and the hormonal milieu are likely involved... - Diet-induced obesity and spatial cognition in young male ratsNicole Jurdak
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Nutr Neurosci 11:48-54. 2008..It is hypothesized that these deficits arise from metabolic insults that leave the brain vulnerable to alterations in insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism... - Effect of an afternoon confectionery snack on cognitive processes critical to learningCaroline R Mahoney
Tufts University, Department of Psychology, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Physiol Behav 90:344-52. 2007..Overall results indicate that a confectionery snack, ingested in the afternoon, generally improves spatial memory, but has a mixed effect on attention performance... - Chronic access to a sucrose solution enhances the development of conditioned place preferences for fentanyl and amphetamine in male Long-Evans ratsMark A Vitale
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 74:529-39. 2003..33 or 1.0 mg/kg amphetamine than after saline injections. Additionally, following injection of 0.33 mg/kg amphetamine, sucrose-fed rats spent significantly more time on the drug-paired side of the chamber than chow-fed rats...
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- ACTIONS OF OPIATE DRUGS--DIETARY MODULATIONROBIN KANAREK; Fiscal Year: 2002....