feeding behavior

Summary

Summary: Behavioral responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patterns of eating, and time intervals.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Restricted feeding uncouples circadian oscillators in peripheral tissues from the central pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
    F Damiola
    , Sciences II, , CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Genes Dev 14:2950-61. 2000
  2. ncbi Impact of promoting longer-lasting insecticide treatment of bed nets upon malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian setting with pre-existing high coverage of untreated nets
    Tanya L Russell
    Biomedical and Environmental Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P O Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
    Malar J 9:187. 2010
  3. ncbi Insecticide-treated nets can reduce malaria transmission by mosquitoes which feed outdoors
    Nicodem J Govella
    Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:415-9. 2010
  4. ncbi Peripheral oscillators: the driving force for food-anticipatory activity
    Carolina Escobar
    Departamento de Anatomia, Facultad de Medicina UNAM, Mexico, Mexico
    Eur J Neurosci 30:1665-75. 2009
  5. ncbi Revisiting Lévy flight search patterns of wandering albatrosses, bumblebees and deer
    Andrew M Edwards
    British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
    Nature 449:1044-8. 2007
  6. ncbi Central nervous system control of food intake and body weight
    G J Morton
    Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
    Nature 443:289-95. 2006
  7. ncbi Public information: from nosy neighbors to cultural evolution
    Etienne Danchin
    U P M C CNRS UMR7625, Bât A 7e étage Case 237, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
    Science 305:487-91. 2004
  8. ncbi The need to feed: homeostatic and hedonic control of eating
    Clifford B Saper
    Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Neuron 36:199-211. 2002
  9. ncbi Successful city dwellers: a comparative study of the ecological characteristics of urban birds in the Western Palearctic
    Anders Pape Møller
    Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Bat A, 7 quai St Bernard, Case 237, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
    Oecologia 159:849-58. 2009
  10. ncbi Silverleaf whitefly induces salicylic acid defenses and suppresses effectual jasmonic acid defenses
    Sonia I Zarate
    Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 0124, USA
    Plant Physiol 143:866-75. 2007

Research Grants

  1. Appetite: Serotonin and corticotropin releasing factor
    SuJean Choi; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. Appetite: Serotonin and corticotropin releasing factor
    SuJean Choi; Fiscal Year: 2010
  3. Appetite: Serotonin and corticotropin releasing factor
    SuJean Choi; Fiscal Year: 2009
  4. Appetite: Serotonin and corticotropin releasing factor
    SuJean Choi; Fiscal Year: 2010
  5. NEUROBIOLOGY OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN BULIMIA
    Walter Kaye; Fiscal Year: 1993
  6. Neural Functioning of Feeding Centers in Obese Youth
    ROBERT STANLEY SHERWIN; Fiscal Year: 2010
  7. SUBCORTICAL MODULATION OF THE DORSAL VAGAL COMPLEX
    Xueguo Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2002
  8. Neurochemistry/physiology of proopiomelanocortin neurons
    MALCOLM JAMES LOW; Fiscal Year: 2010
  9. Neurochemistry/physiology of proopiomelanocortin neurons
    Malcolm Low; Fiscal Year: 2009
  10. Neurochemistry/physiology of proopiomelanocortin neurons
    MALCOLM JAMES LOW; Fiscal Year: 2010

Detail Information

Publications266 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Restricted feeding uncouples circadian oscillators in peripheral tissues from the central pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus
    F Damiola
    , Sciences II, , CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
    Genes Dev 14:2950-61. 2000
    ..Food-induced phase resetting proceeds faster in liver than in kidney, heart, or pancreas, but after 1 wk of daytime feeding, the phases of circadian gene expression are similar in all examined peripheral tissues...
  2. ncbi Impact of promoting longer-lasting insecticide treatment of bed nets upon malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian setting with pre-existing high coverage of untreated nets
    Tanya L Russell
    Biomedical and Environmental Thematic Group, Ifakara Health Institute, P O Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
    Malar J 9:187. 2010
    ..Since 2006, a national-scale programme has promoted the use of longer-lasting insecticide treatment kits (consisting of an insecticide plus binder) co-packaged with all bed nets manufactured in the country...
  3. ncbi Insecticide-treated nets can reduce malaria transmission by mosquitoes which feed outdoors
    Nicodem J Govella
    Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:415-9. 2010
    ..We also review recent reports from Tanzania to show that conventional mosquito behavior measures can underestimate the potential of ITNs because they ignore the importance of human movements...
  4. ncbi Peripheral oscillators: the driving force for food-anticipatory activity
    Carolina Escobar
    Departamento de Anatomia, Facultad de Medicina UNAM, Mexico, Mexico
    Eur J Neurosci 30:1665-75. 2009
    ..This complex may constitute the proposed FEO and is distributed in our peripheral organs as well as within the central nervous system...
  5. ncbi Revisiting Lévy flight search patterns of wandering albatrosses, bumblebees and deer
    Andrew M Edwards
    British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
    Nature 449:1044-8. 2007
    ..Our results question the strength of the empirical evidence for biological Lévy flights...
  6. ncbi Central nervous system control of food intake and body weight
    G J Morton
    Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
    Nature 443:289-95. 2006
    ..This new information provides a biological context within which to consider the global obesity epidemic and identifies numerous potential avenues for therapeutic intervention and future research...
  7. ncbi Public information: from nosy neighbors to cultural evolution
    Etienne Danchin
    U P M C CNRS UMR7625, Bât A 7e étage Case 237, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
    Science 305:487-91. 2004
    ..The use of public information is taxonomically widespread and can enhance fitness. Public information can lead to cultural evolution, which we suggest may then affect biological evolution...
  8. ncbi The need to feed: homeostatic and hedonic control of eating
    Clifford B Saper
    Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Neuron 36:199-211. 2002
    ..We also examine the mechanisms for taste and reward systems that provide food with its intrinsically reinforcing properties and explore the links between the homeostatic and hedonic systems that ensure intake of adequate nutrition...
  9. ncbi Successful city dwellers: a comparative study of the ecological characteristics of urban birds in the Western Palearctic
    Anders Pape Møller
    Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Bat A, 7 quai St Bernard, Case 237, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
    Oecologia 159:849-58. 2009
    ..This suggests that a suite of ecological features providing them with general ecological success characterises species of birds that have successfully invaded urban environments...
  10. ncbi Silverleaf whitefly induces salicylic acid defenses and suppresses effectual jasmonic acid defenses
    Sonia I Zarate
    Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 0124, USA
    Plant Physiol 143:866-75. 2007
    ..Collectively, these results showed that SLWF-repressed, JA-regulated defenses were associated with basal defense to the SLWF...
  11. ncbi The ecological significance of tool use in New Caledonian crows
    Christian Rutz
    Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
    Science 329:1523-6. 2010
    ..Our calculations provide estimates of larva-intake rates and show that just a few larvae can satisfy a crow's daily energy requirements, highlighting the substantial rewards available to competent tool users...
  12. ncbi How many animals really do the Lévy walk?
    Simon Benhamou
    Behavioral Ecology Group, Centre d Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
    Ecology 88:1962-9. 2007
    ..In any case, emergent movement patterns should not be confused with the processes that gave rise to them...
  13. ncbi Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour
    David W Sims
    Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK
    Nature 451:1098-102. 2008
    ..This may explain why Lévy-like behaviour seems to be widespread among diverse organisms, from microbes to humans, as a 'rule' that evolved in response to patchy resource distributions...
  14. ncbi Experimental evidence for density-dependent reproduction in a cooperatively breeding passerine
    Lyanne Brouwer
    Evolutionary Ecology Group, School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia
    Ecology 90:729-41. 2009
    ..Islands with the highest insect densities also had the highest bird densities and the largest breeding groups. Consequently, we suggest that the density-dependent effect on reproduction is caused by competition for food...
  15. ncbi Circadian organization is governed by extra-SCN pacemakers
    Pinar Pezuk
    Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    J Biol Rhythms 25:432-41. 2010
    ..Taken together, these data show that FEO and MASCO are strong circadian pacemakers able to regulate the phases of peripheral oscillators...
  16. ncbi Differential contribution of frugivores to complex seed dispersal patterns
    P Jordano
    Integrative Ecology Group and Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular, Estacion Biologica de Donana, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Pabellón del Perú, Avenida María Luisa, S N, E 41013 Seville, Spain
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:3278-82. 2007
    ..Population declines of these key frugivore species may seriously impair seed-mediated gene flow in fragmented landscapes by truncating the long-distance events and collapsing seed arrival to a restricted subset of available microsites...
  17. ncbi The hypothalamic neuropeptide melanin-concentrating hormone acts in the nucleus accumbens to modulate feeding behavior and forced-swim performance
    Dan Georgescu
    Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390 9070, USA
    J Neurosci 25:2933-40. 2005
    ..This work identifies a novel hypothalamic-AcSh circuit that influences appetitive behavior and mediates the antidepressant activity of MCH1R antagonists...
  18. ncbi Handedness and asymmetry in scale-eating cichlids: antisymmetries of different strength
    Tom J M Van Dooren
    Institute of Biology, P O Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
    Evolution 64:2159-65. 2010
    ..Also, asymmetry is plastic in this species: it can change in adults. We suggest that behavioral handedness in this system precedes and guides morphological asymmetry...
  19. ncbi Changes in self-efficacy and dietary adherence: the impact on weight loss in the PREFER study
    Melanie T Warziski
    Health and Community Systems Department, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, 415 Victoria Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    J Behav Med 31:81-92. 2008
    ..0001). Consistent with self-efficacy theory, improvement in self-efficacy over time supported greater weight loss. Adherence to the fat gram goal also influenced weight loss...
  20. ncbi The role of dopamine in Drosophila larval classical olfactory conditioning
    Mareike Selcho
    Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
    PLoS ONE 4:e5897. 2009
    ..Future studies of the dopaminergic system need to take into account such cellular dissociations in function in order to be meaningful...
  21. ncbi Rapid evolution drives ecological dynamics in a predator-prey system
    Takehito Yoshida
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
    Nature 424:303-6. 2003
    ..These results confirm that prey evolution can substantially alter predator-prey dynamics, and therefore that attempts to understand population oscillations in nature cannot neglect potential effects from ongoing rapid evolution...
  22. ncbi Leptin regulates striatal regions and human eating behavior
    I Sadaf Farooqi
    University Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Addenbrooke s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK
    Science 317:1355. 2007
    ..of the fat-derived hormone leptin have provided key insights into the molecular and neural components of feeding behavior and body weight regulation...
  23. ncbi Nutritional regulation of vitellogenesis in mosquitoes: implications for anautogeny
    Geoffrey M Attardo
    Department of Entomology and Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
    Insect Biochem Mol Biol 35:661-75. 2005
    ..In this review, we summarize what is currently known about the nutritional regulation of vitellogenesis in mosquitoes and the questions that remain to be answered about this important biological phenomenon...
  24. ncbi Molecular characterization of the melanin-concentrating-hormone receptor
    Y Saito
    Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine 92697 4625, USA
    Nature 400:265-9. 1999
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  25. ncbi Restricted-feeding-induced anticipatory activity rhythm is associated with a phase-shift of the expression of mPer1 and mPer2 mRNA in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus but not in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of mice
    H Wakamatsu
    Department of Pharmacology and Brain Science, School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-1192, Japan
    Eur J Neurosci 13:1190-6. 2001
    ..The present results provide evidence of an association between food-entrainable oscillations and the expression of mPer1 and mPer2 in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus...
  26. ncbi Caterpillar-induced nocturnal plant volatiles repel conspecific females
    C M De Moraes
    USDA-ARS, CMAVE, PO Box 14565, Gainesville, Florida 32604, USA
    Nature 410:577-80. 2001
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  27. ncbi Fungal pathogen reduces potential for malaria transmission
    Simon Blanford
    Institutes of Evolution, Immunology, and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT Scotland, UK
    Science 308:1638-41. 2005
    ..Residual sprays of fungal biopesticides might replace or supplement chemical insecticides for malaria control, particularly in areas of high insecticide resistance...
  28. ncbi Endogenous opioids and feeding behavior: a 30-year historical perspective
    Richard J Bodnar
    Department of Psychology and Neuropsychology Doctoral Subprogram, Queens College, City University of New York, 65 30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
    Peptides 25:697-725. 2004
    ..Peptides in 2002, examines the 30-year historical perspective of the role of the endogenous opioid system in feeding behavior. The review focuses on the advances that this field has made over the past 30 years as a result of the timely ..
  29. ncbi Maternal obesity induced by diet in rats permanently influences central processes regulating food intake in offspring
    Shona L Kirk
    Division of Reproduction and Endocrinology, King s College London, London, UK
    PLoS ONE 4:e5870. 2009
    ..Such effects may underlie the developmental programming of hyperphagia and obesity in these rats...
  30. ncbi Neural basis of timing and anticipatory behaviors
    Michael C Antle
    Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
    Eur J Neurosci 30:1643-9. 2009
    ..We also introduce the key topics represented in the papers in this issue. These papers focused on food anticipation, to explore the state of the art in the studies of the neural basis of timing and anticipatory behaviors...
  31. ncbi Beyond nature and nurture: phenotypic plasticity in blood-feeding behavior of Anopheles gambiae s.s. when humans are not readily accessible
    Thierry Lefevre
    Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, Montpellier, France
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:1023-9. 2009
    To test for the effects of host accessibility on blood-feeding behavior, we assessed degrees of anthropophily of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae at two stages of the behavioral sequence of host foraging, in a rice growing area near ..
  32. ncbi Serotonin delivery into the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus affects differently feeding pattern and body weight in obese and lean Zucker rats
    Serguei O Fetissov
    Neuroscience Program, Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Surgery, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
    Appetite 54:346-53. 2010
    ..To determine if central serotonin (5-HT)-induced satiety is altered in obesity...
  33. ncbi Impacts of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection on tadpole foraging performance
    Matthew D Venesky
    Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
    Ecohealth 6:565-75. 2009
    ..Thus, our results provide a potential mechanism of decreased developmental rates of Bd-infected tadpoles...
  34. ncbi A central thermogenic-like mechanism in feeding regulation: an interplay between arcuate nucleus T3 and UCP2
    Anna Coppola
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    Cell Metab 5:21-33. 2007
    ..These results reveal a physiological role for a thyroid-hormone-regulated mitochondrial uncoupling in hypothalamic neuronal networks...
  35. ncbi Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefs
    Peter F Cowman
    School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 52:621-31. 2009
    ..The current trophic diversity of the Labridae is a result of the accumulation of feeding modes dating back to the K/T boundary at 65 Ma, with all major feeding modes on present day reefs already in place 7.5 million years ago...
  36. ncbi Feeding behavior, diet, and the functional consequences of jaw form in orangutans, with implications for the evolution of Pongo
    Andrea B Taylor
    Departments of Community and Family Medicine and Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3907, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    J Hum Evol 50:377-93. 2006
    ..This study explores the relationship between feeding behavior, diet, and mandibular morphology in orangutans. All orangutans prefer ripe, pulpy fruit when available...
  37. ncbi Hepatocyte-specific deletion of SIRT1 alters fatty acid metabolism and results in hepatic steatosis and inflammation
    Aparna Purushotham
    Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    Cell Metab 9:327-38. 2009
    ..Taken together, our data indicate that SIRT1 plays a vital role in the regulation of hepatic lipid homeostasis and that pharmacological activation of SIRT1 may be important for the prevention of obesity-associated metabolic diseases...
  38. ncbi Effect of intermittent fasting and refeeding on insulin action in healthy men
    Nils Halberg
    Dept of Muscle Research Centre, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
    J Appl Physiol 99:2128-36. 2005
    ..3,860 +/- 784 ng/ml, P = 0.02). This experiment is the first in humans to show that intermittent fasting increases insulin-mediated glucose uptake rates, and the findings are compatible with the thrifty gene concept...
  39. ncbi Impact of insecticide-treated nets on wild pyrethroid resistant Anopheles epiroticus population from southern Vietnam tested in experimental huts
    Wim Van Bortel
    Institute of Tropical Medicine, Dept Parasitology, Nationalestraat 155, B 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
    Malar J 8:248. 2009
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  40. ncbi Neurogenetics of food anticipation
    Etienne Challet
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UPR3212 associé à l Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, Département de Neurobiologie des Rythmes, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg, France
    Eur J Neurosci 30:1676-87. 2009
    ..Possible confounding effects associated with behavioral screening of meal anticipation in mutant mice are also discussed...
  41. ncbi Brief, four-session group CBT reduces binge eating behaviors among bariatric surgery candidates
    Kathleen Ashton
    Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
    Surg Obes Relat Dis 5:257-62. 2009
    ..However, no previous studies have examined whether a preoperative binge eating intervention could successfully reduce binge eating behaviors among severely obese bariatric surgery candidates...
  42. ncbi Obesity and metabolic syndrome in circadian Clock mutant mice
    Fred W Turek
    Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
    Science 308:1043-5. 2005
    ..These results suggest that the circadian clock gene network plays an important role in mammalian energy balance...
  43. ncbi Stomach ghrelin-secreting cells as food-entrainable circadian clocks
    Joseph LeSauter
    Department of Psychology, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:13582-7. 2009
    ..It is likely that other FEOs also produce humoral signals that modulate FAA...
  44. ncbi The feeding biomechanics and dietary ecology of Australopithecus africanus
    David S Strait
    Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:2124-9. 2009
    ..Our analysis reconciles apparent discrepancies between dietary reconstructions based on biomechanics, tooth morphology, and dental microwear...
  45. ncbi Water incorporated into a food but not served with a food decreases energy intake in lean women
    B J Rolls
    Nutrition Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802 6501, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 70:448-55. 1999
    ..Previous research showed that decreasing the energy density (kJ/g) of foods by adding water to them can lead to reductions in energy intake. Few studies have examined how water consumed as a beverage affects food intake...
  46. ncbi Enhanced food anticipatory activity associated with enhanced activation of extrahypothalamic neural pathways in serotonin2C receptor null mutant mice
    Jennifer L Hsu
    Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, San Francisco, California, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 5:e11802. 2010
    ..These data suggest that 5-HT2CRs gate food anticipatory activity through mechanisms involving extrahypothalamic neural pathways...
  47. ncbi Escape from floral herbivory by early flowering in Arabidopsis halleri subsp. gemmifera
    Tetsuhiro Kawagoe
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
    Oecologia 164:713-20. 2010
    ..brassicae. This study illustrates that the role of floral herbivory in shaping geographic variation in selection on flowering phenology may be more important than previously thought...
  48. ncbi Understanding the role of life events in weight loss and weight gain
    Jane Ogden
    Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Surrey, UK
    Psychol Health Med 14:239-49. 2009
    ..To conclude, life events are related to weight change and the direction of this change can be explained both by the perceived nature of the event and its impact upon choice and function of eating and exercise...
  49. ncbi Does hunger and satiety drive eating anymore? Increasing eating occasions and decreasing time between eating occasions in the United States
    Barry M Popkin
    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 91:1342-7. 2010
    ..The design of dietary, metabolic, and intervention studies should reflect the meal patterning of free-living individuals, but this design has not been systematically reviewed recently...
  50. ncbi Analysis of Anopheles arabiensis blood feeding behavior in southern Zambia during the two years after introduction of insecticide-treated bed nets
    Christen M Fornadel
    The W Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 83:848-53. 2010
    ..Because insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) have the potential to alter host feeding behavior, the extent of the zoophilic and exophagic tendencies of the vector was evaluated during the two rainy ..
  51. ncbi Trends in snacking among U.S. children
    Carmen Piernas
    Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:398-404. 2010
    ..The largest increases have been in salty snacks and candy. Desserts and sweetened beverages remain the major sources of calories from snacks...
  52. ncbi Influence of sugar availability and indoor microclimate on survival of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) under semifield conditions in western Kenya
    Bernard A Okech
    International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P. O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
    J Med Entomol 40:657-63. 2003
    ..Compared with blood alone, the availability of sugar served to increase survival potential of vectors beyond ages at which they are old enough to transmit malaria...
  53. ncbi The role of orexin-A in food motivation, reward-based feeding behavior and food-induced neuronal activation in rats
    D L Choi
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    Neuroscience 167:11-20. 2010
    Consumption beyond homeostatic needs, referred to here as reward-based feeding behavior, is a central contributor to the current obesity epidemic worldwide...
  54. ncbi AGRP neurons are sufficient to orchestrate feeding behavior rapidly and without training
    Yexica Aponte
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, USA
    Nat Neurosci 14:351-5. 2011
    ..of agouti-related peptide (AGRP) or pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) positively and negatively influence feeding behavior, respectively, possibly by reciprocally regulating downstream melanocortin receptors...
  55. ncbi Inheritance pattern of lateral dimorphism in two cichlids (a scale eater, Perissodus microlepis, and an herbivore, Neolamprologus moorii) in Lake Tanganyika
    Michio Hori
    Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Zoolog Sci 24:486-92. 2007
    ....
  56. ncbi Acute effects on metabolism and appetite profile of one meal difference in the lower range of meal frequency
    Astrid J Smeets
    Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, P O Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Br J Nutr 99:1316-21. 2008
    ..In healthy, normal-weight women, decreasing the inter-meal interval sustains satiety, particularly during the day, and sustains fat oxidation, particularly during the night...
  57. ncbi Intra-and interpopulational differences in orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) activity and diet: implications for the invention of tool use
    ElizaBeth A Fox
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
    Am J Phys Anthropol 125:162-74. 2004
    ..Our findings do not support the hypothesis that tool use is a response to the low availability of primary food sources. Rather, greater opportunities for invention likely contributed to insect-extraction tool use at Suaq Balimbing...
  58. ncbi Confirmatory factor analysis of the child-feeding questionnaire among parents of adolescents
    Harsohena Kaur
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 66160, USA
    Appetite 47:36-45. 2006
    ..In conclusion, the psychometric properties of the modified CFQ tested among parents of a multi-ethnic adolescent sample were similar to those of the original CFQ...
  59. ncbi Avian behaviour: Altruism and infidelity among warblers
    David S Richardson
    Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
    Nature 422:580. 2003
  60. ncbi Barbarea vulgaris glucosinolate phenotypes differentially affect performance and preference of two different species of lepidopteran herbivores
    Hanneke van Leur
    Department of Multitrophic Interactions, Netherlands Institute of Ecology NIOO KNAW, Centre for Terrestrial Ecology, Heteren, The Netherlands
    J Chem Ecol 34:121-31. 2008
    ..brassicae on BAR-type plants. Our results suggest that difference in glucosinolate chemical structure is responsible for the differential effects of the B. vulgaris chemotypes on the generalist herbivore...
  61. ncbi Associations of body mass index and obesity with physical activity, food choices, alcohol intake, and smoking in the 1982-1997 FINRISK Studies
    Marjaana Lahti-Koski
    Departments of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    Am J Clin Nutr 75:809-17. 2002
    ..Recent increases in the prevalence of obesity worldwide are suggested to be caused largely by an environment that promotes sedentariness and excessive food intake...
  62. ncbi Nitric oxide is necessary for multiple memory processes after learning that a food is inedible in aplysia
    Ayelet Katzoff
    Faculty of Life Sciences, Gonda (Goldschmied) Medical Diagnostic Research Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52 900, Israel
    J Neurosci 22:9581-94. 2002
    ..L-NAME had little or no effect on feeding behavior per se or on most aspects of the animals' behavior while they were being trained, indicating that the ..
  63. ncbi When identical twins differ: an analysis of intrapair differences in the spontaneous eating behavior and attitudes of free-living monozygotic twins
    John M De Castro
    Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso TX 79968 0553, USA
    Physiol Behav 82:733-9. 2004
    ..A general model of intake regulation. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 26 (5) (2002) 581-595]...
  64. ncbi Peptide YY3-36 and glucagon-like peptide-17-36 inhibit food intake additively
    Nicola M Neary
    Department of Metabolic Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, UK
    Endocrinology 146:5120-7. 2005
    ..Thus, PYY(3-36) and GLP-1(7-36), cosecreted after a meal, may inhibit food intake additively...
  65. ncbi Opioid-dependent anticipatory negative contrast and binge-like eating in rats with limited access to highly preferred food
    Pietro Cottone
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 33:524-35. 2008
    Binge eating and an increased role for palatability in determining food intake are abnormal adaptations in feeding behavior linked to eating disorders and body weight dysregulation...
  66. ncbi Combined dieting and stress evoke exaggerated responses to opioids in binge-eating rats
    Mary M Boggiano
    Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294 1170, USA
    Behav Neurosci 119:1207-14. 2005
    ..These responses in sated normal-weight rats strengthen evidence that reward, over metabolic need, drives binge eating...
  67. ncbi Effect of isocaloric diets and sibutramine on food intake, body mass variation and serum TNF-alpha levels in rats
    M Trapali
    Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    Pharmacology 82:15-21. 2008
    ..The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of isocaloric diets and sibutramine on food intake, body mass variation and serum TNF-alpha in free-feeding rats...
  68. ncbi Divergent physical activity and novel alternative responses to high fat feeding in polygenic fat and lean mice
    Matjaz Simoncic
    Biotechnical Faculty, Zootechnical Department, University of Ljubljana, 1230, Domzale, Slovenia
    Behav Genet 38:292-300. 2008
    ....
  69. ncbi Total subdiaphragmatic vagotomy does not suppress high protein diet-induced food intake depression in rats
    Diane L'Heureux-Bouron
    Unité INRA 914 de Physiologie de la Nutrition et du Comportement Alimentaire, Institut National Agronomique Paris Grignon, F75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
    J Nutr 133:2639-42. 2003
    ..In contrast, a defect in this visceral regulating system could reinforce the metabolic-associated food intake depression signal...
  70. ncbi Chronic 5-HT6 receptor modulation by E-6837 induces hypophagia and sustained weight loss in diet-induced obese rats
    Angels Fisas
    Laboratorios Dr. Esteve S.A, , 08041 Barcelona, Spain
    Br J Pharmacol 148:973-83. 2006
    ..These results show that the 5-HT(6) receptor partial agonist, E-6837, is a promising new approach to the management of obesity with the potential to produce greater sustained weight loss than sibutramine...
  71. ncbi A model for antipsychotic-induced obesity in the male rat
    Julie Minet-Ringuet
    Laboratoire de Psychopharmacologie, Centre Hospitalier Paul Guiraud, , Villejuif, France
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 187:447-54. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: This study shows that a rat model of obesity induced by antipsychotics can be created under specific conditions of drug administration, diet, and dose...
  72. ncbi Peptide YY containing enteroendocrine cells and peripheral tissue sensitivity to PYY and PYY(3-36) are maintained in diet-induced obese and diet-resistant rats
    Niall P Hyland
    Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta, Canada
    Peptides 28:1185-90. 2007
    ..Our data suggests that neither PYY nor PYY(3-36) contribute to the maintenance of either the DIO or DR phenotype, and that peripheral resistance to PYY and PYY(3-36) does not accompany DIO...
  73. ncbi A history of caloric restriction induces neurochemical and behavioral changes in rats consistent with models of depression
    P C Chandler-Laney
    Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Division, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1170, USA
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 87:104-14. 2007
    ..Together, these findings suggest that a history of frequent food restriction-induced weight fluctuation imposes neurochemical changes that negatively impact feeding and mood regulation...
  74. ncbi Influence of feeding status on neuronal activity in the hypothalamus during lipopolysaccharide-induced anorexia in rats
    L Gautron
    , EA 2972, , 33400 Talence, France
    Neuroscience 134:933-46. 2005
    ..Together, our data show that fasting modulates lipopolysaccharide-induced anorexia and body weight loss in association with neural changes in specific hypothalamic nuclei...
  75. ncbi Feeding microstructure in diet-induced obesity susceptible versus resistant rats: central effects of urocortin 2
    Pietro Cottone
    Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA or
    J Physiol 583:487-504. 2007
    ..Because central CRF(2) stimulation retains full anorectic efficacy at higher doses in the DIO model, manipulating this neuropeptidergic system might yield new therapeutic approaches for diet-induced obesity...
  76. ncbi Could preference for palatable foods in neonatally handled rats alter metabolic patterns in adult life?
    Carla da S Benetti
    PPG Pediatrics, Department of Biochemistry, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, UFRGS, 90035 003 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    Pediatr Res 62:405-11. 2007
    ..Interestingly, chocolate consumption diminished the weight of the adrenal glands in both handled and nonhandled animals. These findings suggest that neonatal handling induces a particular metabolic pattern that is sex specific...
  77. ncbi Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates energy balance downstream of melanocortin-4 receptor
    Baoji Xu
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    Nat Neurosci 6:736-42. 2003
    ..These results show that MC4R signaling controls BDNF expression in the VMH and support the hypothesis that BDNF is an important effector through which MC4R signaling controls energy balance...
  78. ncbi Children's preference for large portions: prevalence, determinants, and consequences
    Cynthia K Colapinto
    Health Promotion Division, Sudbury and District Health Unit, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
    J Am Diet Assoc 107:1183-90. 2007
    ..Proliferation of large portions of snack and fast foods parallels dramatic increases in childhood obesity. This study investigates the prevalence, determinants, and consequences of large portions in children's diets...
  79. ncbi Comparison of hydrogenated vegetable shortening and nutritionally complete high-fat diet on limited access-binge behavior in rats
    Jon F Davis
    University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry, ML 0506, Reading, OH 45237, United States
    Physiol Behav 92:924-30. 2007
    ..These results suggest that binge-intake behavior occurs on a nutritionally complete high-fat diet and that this regimen is capable of altering both body composition and endocrine profile...
  80. ncbi Independent effects of diet palatability and fat content on bout size and daily intake in rats
    Zoe S Warwick
    Department of Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
    Physiol Behav 80:253-8. 2003
    ....
  81. ncbi Diet and feeding behaviour of Indri indri in a low-altitude rain forest
    Adam Britt
    Madagascar Fauna Group, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Liverpool, UK
    Folia Primatol (Basel) 73:225-39. 2002
    ..The indri spent 41.4% of their active period feeding most commonly in above-branch postures. Studies such as this are important for the development of conservation management plans for this endangered species...
  82. ncbi 'Programming' of orexigenic and anorexigenic hypothalamic neurons in offspring of treated and untreated diabetic mother rats
    Kerstin Franke
    Clinic of Obstetrics, Division of Experimental Obstetrics, , Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    Brain Res 1031:276-83. 2005
    ..These acquired alterations are preventable by treatment of maternal GD...
  83. ncbi Obesity by choice revisited: effects of food availability, flavor variety and nutrient composition on energy intake
    Karen Ackroff
    Brooklyn College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
    Physiol Behav 92:468-78. 2007
    ..The nature of optional foods (nutrient composition and physical form) was markedly more important than the number of food sources available to the animals, and is a better contender as the reason for "obesity by choice"...
  84. ncbi Interrupting activator protein-1 signaling in conscious rats can modify neuropeptide Y gene expression and feeding behavior of phenylpropanolamine
    Yih Shou Hsieh
    Institute of Biochemistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan
    J Neurochem 104:50-61. 2008
    ..Moreover, this modulation might be partly because of the neuroprotective effect of AP-1 since SOD gene was activated during PPA treatment...
  85. ncbi Feeding response to melanocortin agonist predicts preference for and obesity from a high-fat diet
    P C Chandler
    Department of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience Division, 415 Campbell Hall, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294 1170, USA
    Physiol Behav 85:221-30. 2005
    ..Finally, the results indicate that responses to exogenous MC challenge can be used to predict proneness or resistance to DIO...
  86. ncbi Feeding behaviour and nutrient selection in an insect Manduca sexta L. and alterations induced by parasitism
    S N Thompson
    Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 92521, USA
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 191:909-23. 2005
    ..Larvae offered choices of diets having equal amounts of casein and sucrose but variable fat (corn oil), fail to regulate fat intake, although both unparasitized and parasitized larvae prefer a diet containing higher fat...
  87. ncbi GABA receptor subtype antagonists in the nucleus accumbens shell and ventral tegmental area differentially alter feeding responses induced by deprivation, glucoprivation and lipoprivation in rats
    Y Kandov
    Department of Psychology, Doctoral Sub-Program, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
    Brain Res 1082:86-97. 2006
    ....
  88. ncbi Differential role of the accumbens Shell and Core subterritories in food-entrained rhythms of rats
    Jorge Mendoza
    , Facultad de Medicina, Edificio B 4 Piso, , ,
    Behav Brain Res 158:133-42. 2005
    ..These data indicate that the accumbens nucleus is involved with behavioral and metabolic food-entrainment, and that there is a differential role between both subregions...
  89. ncbi Satiety assessment in neonatally handled rats
    Patricia Pelufo Silveira
    PPG Neurociências, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Behav Brain Res 173:205-10. 2006
    ..It is possible that signaling mechanisms related to satiety, both peripherally and/or centrally may contribute to these behavioral findings...
  90. ncbi The ontogeny of the postingestive inhibitory effect of peptone in rats
    Aron Weller
    Developmental Psychobiology Laboratory, Department of Psychology and the Gonda Goldschmied Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar dIlan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
    Physiol Behav 82:11-6. 2004
    ....
  91. ncbi Postnatal maternal deprivation produces long-lasting modifications of the stress response, feeding and stress-related behaviour in the rat
    Z Penke
    Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, , 38 rue Lionnois, 54000 Nancy, France
    Eur J Neurosci 14:747-55. 2001
    ..This early stress paradigm altering feeding behaviour could become an interesting model for research into human eating disorders...
  92. ncbi Development of, and recovery from, activity-based anorexia in female rats
    Deann P Dixon
    Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA
    Physiol Behav 80:273-9. 2003
    ....
  93. ncbi Dissociation of conditioned and unconditioned factors in the running-induced feeding suppression
    Elham Satvat
    Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5
    Physiol Behav 89:428-37. 2006
    ....
  94. ncbi Effects of systematic variation in presatiation and fasting on the behavioural satiety sequence in male rats
    Y Ishii
    Behavioural Pharmacology Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
    Physiol Behav 79:227-38. 2003
    ..e., a delay) in the BSS, confirming the greater sensitivity of this measure relative to food intake per se. The potential utility of these reference profiles is discussed in relation to drug-induced changes in food intake and the BSS...
  95. ncbi Medial prefrontal cortex is necessary for an appetitive contextual conditioned stimulus to promote eating in sated rats
    Gorica D Petrovich
    Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
    J Neurosci 27:6436-41. 2007
    ..The current findings suggest a critical role for vmPFC in the brain network that mediates control of conditioned motivation to eat perhaps by a mechanism akin to appetite or craving...
  96. ncbi Synergy of sibutramine and low-dose leptin in treatment of diet-induced obesity in rats
    C N Boozer
    New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA
    Metabolism 50:889-93. 2001
    ..Replacement doses of L during S administration increased weight loss and fractional fat loss by (1) decreasing food intake and (2) by increasing fat oxidation. Such drug combinations may be useful in the treatment of human obesity...
  97. ncbi Binge eating in rats produced by combining dieting with stress
    Mary M Boggiano
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    Curr Protoc Neurosci . 2006
    ..This protocol permits study of the psychobiological underpinnings of binge eating and possibly also of addiction, impulsivity, and depression, which are co-morbid with binge eating...
  98. ncbi Stress and sex influences on food-seeking behaviors
    Diana E Pankevich
    Department of Animal Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1539-44. 2008
    ..As females show heightened stress sensitivity and present with increased rates of obesity, we hypothesized that stress-induced increases in the motivation for preferred foods may be a sex-specific predisposing factor for weight gain...
  99. ncbi Nutrient intakes and dietary behaviors of male and female collegiate athletes
    Pamela S Hinton
    University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
    Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 14:389-405. 2004
    ..Sixty-two percent of female athletes wanted to lose at least 5 lbs compared to 23 % of males. The desire to lose weight was associated with decreased energy and macronutrient consumption, but not with inadequate micronutrient intakes...
  100. ncbi 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine lesions of the dorsal and median raphe nuclei interfere with lithium-induced conditioned gaping, but not conditioned taste avoidance, in rats
    Cheryl L Limebeer
    Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
    Behav Neurosci 118:1391-9. 2004
    ..These results parallel previous pharmacological findings indicating that reduction of serotonin activity interferes with conditioned gaping, but not conditioned taste avoidance...
  101. ncbi Diet choice exaggerates food hoarding, intake and pup survival across reproduction
    Diane E Day
    Department of Biology, Neurobiology and Behavior Program, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
    Physiol Behav 75:143-57. 2002
    ..The diet-induced exaggerated caloric intake and food hoard size of lactating hamsters may have promoted pup growth and survival...

Research Grants80

  1. Appetite: Serotonin and corticotropin releasing factor
    SuJean Choi; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..paraventricular nuclei (PVN) on neuronal corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) mRNA expression and feeding behavior in rats. PVN CRF neurons are important mediators in the control of feeding behavior; e.g...
  2. Appetite: Serotonin and corticotropin releasing factor
    SuJean Choi; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..paraventricular nuclei (PVN) on neuronal corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) mRNA expression and feeding behavior in rats. PVN CRF neurons are important mediators in the control of feeding behavior;e.g...
  3. Appetite: Serotonin and corticotropin releasing factor
    SuJean Choi; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..paraventricular nuclei (PVN) on neuronal corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) mRNA expression and feeding behavior in rats. PVN CRF neurons are important mediators in the control of feeding behavior; e.g...
  4. Appetite: Serotonin and corticotropin releasing factor
    SuJean Choi; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..paraventricular nuclei (PVN) on neuronal corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) mRNA expression and feeding behavior in rats. PVN CRF neurons are important mediators in the control of feeding behavior;e.g...
  5. NEUROBIOLOGY OF FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN BULIMIA
    Walter Kaye; Fiscal Year: 1993
    ..Considerable data in animals shows that feeding behavior is systematically regulated by a network of neuronal systems...
  6. Neural Functioning of Feeding Centers in Obese Youth
    ROBERT STANLEY SHERWIN; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..to glucose on the functional connections between the hypothalamus and other brain regions implicated in feeding behavior and that these differential effects are magnified in obese adolescents...
  7. SUBCORTICAL MODULATION OF THE DORSAL VAGAL COMPLEX
    Xueguo Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..certain forebrain structures, such as the hypothalamus and amygdala, play a particularly important role in feeding behavior. Unfortunately, while it is clear that these forebrain regions are important in the regulation of feeding, we ..
  8. Neurochemistry/physiology of proopiomelanocortin neurons
    MALCOLM JAMES LOW; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..that melanocortin signaling coordinately modulates stereotyped motor, reward, and hedonic aspects of feeding behavior;processes which are particularly relevant to human issues surrounding food choice and meal size in the ..
  9. Neurochemistry/physiology of proopiomelanocortin neurons
    Malcolm Low; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..that melanocortin signaling coordinately modulates stereotyped motor, reward, and hedonic aspects of feeding behavior; processes which are particularly relevant to human issues surrounding food choice and meal size in the ..
  10. Neurochemistry/physiology of proopiomelanocortin neurons
    MALCOLM JAMES LOW; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..that melanocortin signaling coordinately modulates stereotyped motor, reward, and hedonic aspects of feeding behavior;processes which are particularly relevant to human issues surrounding food choice and meal size in the ..
  11. Anorectic Drugs: Abuse and Behavioral Mechanisms of Action
    RICHARD FOLTIN; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..food or smoking methamphetamine alters the response to pharmacological manipulations known to affect feeding behavior, and these alterations can be related to brain dopamine (DA)...
  12. Anorectic Drugs: Abuse and Behavioral Mechanisms of Action
    Richard W Foltin; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..food or smoking methamphetamine alters the response to pharmacological manipulations known to affect feeding behavior, and these alterations can be related to brain dopamine (DA)...
  13. Anorectic Drugs: Abuse and Behavioral Mechanisms of Action
    RICHARD FOLTIN; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..food or smoking methamphetamine alters the response to pharmacological manipulations known to affect feeding behavior, and these alterations can be related to brain dopamine (DA)...
  14. NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ANOREXIA
    ALAN WATTS; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..hypothalamic area and the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus contain neurons that constitute a ?feeding behavior controller?, and are sites where distinct feeding stimuli converge to control the core circuits that drive ..
  15. Neurobiology of Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
    Walter H Kaye; Fiscal Year: 2010
    Individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) have aberrant feeding behavior and disturbances of emotionality and impulse control, which are thought to be related to dysfunction of limbic and cognitive circuits...
  16. BRAINSTEM CIRCUITS CONTROLLING GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION
    RENATO TRAVAGLI; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..that can radically alter feeding behavior or GI function...
  17. NEURAL PATHWAYS FOR METABOLIC CONTROL OF INGESTION
    S Ritter; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..Experiments addressing this aim map hindbrain sites at which feeding behavior can be elicited by nanoliter injections of glucoprivic agents...
  18. Nucleus Accumbens-Mediated Feeding: Output Pathways
    THOMAS STRATFORD; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..project is to identify and characterize the neural circuits through which the AcbSh produces changes in Feeding behavior. Our fundamental working hypothesis is that the AcbSh affects feeding by potently regulating neural activity ..
  19. Nucleus Accumbens-Mediated Feeding: Output Pathways
    Thomas R Stratford; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..project is to identify and characterize the neural circuits through which the AcbSh produces changes in Feeding behavior. Our fundamental working hypothesis is that the AcbSh affects feeding by potently regulating neural activity ..
  20. LARVAL MOSQUITO FEEDING AND MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS
    Edward Walker; Fiscal Year: 1993
    ..g., toxic agents that are ingested by larvae) requires a thorough understanding of the feeding behavior, mechanisms, and food resources of larvae...
  21. Cervical (Neck) Auscultation and Developmental Outcomes
    Eric Reynolds; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The integration of suck-swallow-breath rhythms is essential for development of effective feeding behavior. Patterns of suck-swallow-breath rhythms during feeding become more uniform as preterm infants grow and these ..
  22. Structural Domains Essential for Serotonin Receptor Pharmacology
    Bryan Roth; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..central nervous system processes including the modulation of mood, perception and anxiety, the regulation of feeding behavior and the control of sleep and wakefulness...
  23. Structural Domains Essential for Serotonin Receptor Pharmacology
    Bryan Roth; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..central nervous system processes including the modulation of mood, perception and anxiety, the regulation of feeding behavior and the control of sleep and wakefulness...
  24. Screening Method for GPCRs Related to Appetite
    MARIA MORANO; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..This proposal focuses on developing testing platforms for GPCR families associated with feeding behavior. A distinguishing feature of the drug-discovery strategy we are pursuing is that is based on an efficient and ..
  25. Taste, smell, and feeding behavior in autism: A quantitative traits study
    Loisa Bennetto; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..g., restricted eating behavior). Inspired by a growing literature on the genetics of taste and smell, we will also study how these traits are shared within families who have a child with autism. ..
  26. SUCROSE AND/OR FAT INGESTION EFFECT ON OPIOIDS
    Allen Levine; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..sweet and/or fat) results in an increase in the release of endogenous opioids at brain sites involved in feeding behavior and/or "reward...
  27. Taste, smell, and feeding behavior in autism: A quantitative traits study
    Loisa Bennetto; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..g., restricted eating behavior). Inspired by a growing literature on the genetics of taste and smell, we will also study how these traits are shared within families who have a child with autism. ..
  28. Circadian Clock of the Paraventricular Nucleus
    Charles J Weitz; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..play a vital role in central, endocrine, and autonomic physiological processes, particularly those regulating feeding behavior, energy balance, and glucose homeostasis...
  29. CANNABINOIDS AND THE HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS
    Laura Murphy; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..in the ability of cannabinoids to decrease luteinizing hormone (LH) and induce catalepsy and alterations in feeding behavior will be investigated...
  30. Circadian Clock of the Paraventricular Nucleus
    Charles Weitz; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..play a vital role in central, endocrine, and autonomic physiological processes, particularly those regulating feeding behavior, energy balance, and glucose homeostasis...