OVARIAN INFLUENCES ON MEAL PATTERNS OF FEMALE RATS
OVARIAN INFLUENCES ON MEAL PATTERNS OF FEMALE RATS
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DOI:
10.1016/0031-9384(76)90064-0
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
WADE, GN
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作者:
BLAUSTEIN, JD;WADE, GN
The effects of estrus cycles, ovariectomy and estradiol-replacement on free-feeding meal patterns of female rats maintained on a liquid diet were examined. The proestrus decrease in food intake was accomplished by a decrease in meal size and a less than fully compensatory increase in meal frequency. The hyperphagia induced by ovariectomy was reflected in an increase in meal size and a decrease in meal frequency. When food intake returned to preoperative levels, meal size remained elevated while frequency decrease further. Estradiol benzoate (2 .mu.g/day) permanently decreased meal size in long-term ovariectomized rats. The subsequent return to food intake levels of controls was due primarily to an increase in meal frequency. The transient changes in food intake caused by estradiol withdrawal and replacement are apparently accomplished by permanent changes in meal size followed by compensatory changes in the number of meals consumed per day. The decrease in meal size at proestrus may be due to a direct effect of estradiol on the mechanisms that terminate short-term food intake and may not be secondary to changes in the level of total daily food intake.