Intermittent access to sucrose increases sucrose-licking activity and attenuates restraint stress-induced activation of the lateral septum

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Martin, Jessica ^a   Timofeeva, Elena ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

c fos; Corticotropin releasing factor; Corticotropin releasing factor type 2 receptor; Hypothalamicpituitary adrenal axis; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRINKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUCROSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77951718558     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00371.2009     Document Type: Article

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