Effects of comfort food on food intake, anxiety-like behavior and the stress response in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 487-492

  Ortolani, D ^a,b   Oyama, L M ^a   Ferrari, E M ^b   Melo, L L ^a   Spadari Bratfisch, R C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavior; Comfort food; Corticosterone; Foot shock stress; Insulin; Leptin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FAT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMFORT FOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FOOTSHOCK; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORTICOSTERONE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EATING; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79955147475     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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