Effect of fenfluramine on caloric intake and macronutrient selection in Lou/c rats during aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-76

  Jourdan, Didier ^a   Piec, Isabelle ^a   Gaulier, Jean Michel ^b   Lacassie, Eric ^b   Alliot, Josette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Fenfluramine; Food intake; Lou c rat; Macronutrients; Metergoline; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

FENFLURAMINE; METERGOLINE; SEROTONIN;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOPHAGIA; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

AGING; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEXFENFLURAMINE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FENFLURAMINE; FOOD PREFERENCES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; METERGOLINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037213723     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(02)00049-0     Document Type: Article

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