"Snacking" causes long term attenuation of HPA axis stress responses and enhancement of brain FosB/deltaFosB expression in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-116

  Christiansen, A M ^a   DeKloet, A D ^a   Ulrich Lai, Y M ^a   Herman, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Corticosterone; FosB deltaFosB; Nucleus accumbens; Restraint stress; Reward; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REWARD; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EATING; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952489151     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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