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Regulation of diurnal energy balance by mitokines
The mammalian system of energy balance regulation is intrinsically rhythmic with diurnal oscillations of behavioral and metabolic traits according to...
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Food odor perception promotes systemic lipid utilization
Food cues during fasting elicit Pavlovian conditioning to adapt for anticipated food intake. However, whether the olfactory system is involved in...
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“Sibling” battle or harmony: crosstalk between nesfatin-1 and ghrelin
Ghrelin was first identified as an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) in 1999, with the function of stimulating the...
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The California Sea Lion: Thriving in a Human-Dominated World
California sea lions offer an important case study of a species that has successfully adapted and thrived in a human-dominated world. The recovery of...
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Circulating glucose levels inversely correlate with Drosophila larval feeding through insulin signaling and SLC5A11
In mammals, blood glucose levels likely play a role in appetite regulation yet the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain opaque. Mechanisms...
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A genetic map of the mouse dorsal vagal complex and its role in obesity
The brainstem dorsal vagal complex (DVC) is known to regulate energy balance and is the target of appetite-suppressing hormones, such as...
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Inside the Fish Brain: Cognition, Learning and Consciousness
Detecting and interpreting information about resources and dangers and behaving flexibly and effectively are essential for survival and welfare....
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Historical Transition of Psychological Theories of Fear: The View of Fear in Behaviorism
This chapter will discuss changes in psychological theories regarding concepts of how fear develops. In the early period of psychology, the...
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Volatiles and Tannins in Pistacia lentiscus and Their Role in Browsing Behavior of Goats (Capra hircus)
Goat herding is an important tool in the ecologically sound management of Mediterranean shrublands and woodlands, although effective levels of woody...
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Neuroactive nectar: compounds in nectar that interact with neurons
As well as sugars to entice pollinators, nectar contains many other chemicals including amino acids and plant secondary compounds such as phenolics,...
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Inhibitory effect of natamycin against carrot white mold caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
This study was conducted to evaluate inhibitory effect of natamycin against three isolates of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum , the causal agent of carrot...
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Reactions to novel objects in monkeys: what does it mean to be neophobic?
Animals’ reactions to novel objects vary not only with zoological taxa and their ecology but also in the types of presented stimuli, the context, and...
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Epigenetic Regulation as a Basis for Long-Term Changes in the Nervous System: In Search of Specificity Mechanisms
AbstractAdaptive long-term changes in the functioning of nervous system (plasticity, memory) are not written in the genome, but are directly...
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Breeding, Yesterday Until Today
This text was written by the English philosopher and jurist Sir Francis Bacon in 1623. After his death in 1627, it was published under the title The...
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A molecular insight into the dissociable regulation of associative learning and motivation by the synaptic protein neuroligin-1
BackgroundIn a changing environment, a challenge for the brain is to flexibly guide adaptive behavior towards survival. Complex behavior and the...
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Why Natural History Is Important to (Primate) Science: A Baboon Case Study
Natural history was the scientific approach used in early primate field studies and through the 1960s. After that, natural history fell out of favor,...
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The Effect of Tas1r3 Gene Polymorphism on Preference and Consumption of Sucrose and Low-Calorie Sweeteners in Interstrain Hybrid Mice of the First Filial Generation
Inter- and intra-species differences in consumption of sweet tastants formed during the evolution of vertebrates are thought to be due to...
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Estradiol enhances the acquisition of lithium chloride-induced conditioned taste aversion in castrated male rats
The present study examined the effects of short-term treatment with ovarian hormones on the acquisition of conditioned taste aversion (CTA). Adult...
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The differential role of cortical protein synthesis in taste memory formation and persistence
The current dogma suggests that the formation of long-term memory (LTM) is dependent on protein synthesis but persistence of the memory trace is not....
