Consummatory Behavior
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Consumers that are not 'ideal' or 'free' can still approach the ideal free distribution using simple patch-leaving rules.

19 May 2009 1. The ideal free distribution (IFD) has been widely used to determine whether consumers distribute themselves optimally. However, this theory is based on three assumptions that are clearly violated in many systems. The theory assumes that all ... Read more...

A role for medial prefrontal dopaminergic innervation in instrumental conditioning.

18 May 2009 To investigate the involvement of dopaminergic projections to the prelimbic and infralimbic cortex in the control of goal-directed responses, a first experiment examined the effect of pretraining 6-OHDA lesions of these cortices. We used outcome ... Read more...

Subacute oral exposure to benzo[alpha]pyrene (B[alpha]P) increases aggressiveness and affects consummatory aspects of sexual behaviour in male mice.

3 Apr 2009 Benzo[alpha]pyrene (B[alpha]P) is a neurotoxic pollutant which is also able to affect some behaviour and cognitive function. Here we report that a subacute oral exposure to B[alpha]P increases aggressiveness and affects copulatory behaviour in male ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Consummatory Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Consumers that are not 'ideal' or 'free' can still approach the ideal free distribution using simple patch-leaving rules. 19 May 2009
• A role for medial prefrontal dopaminergic innervation in instrumental conditioning. 18 May 2009
• Subacute oral exposure to benzo[alpha]pyrene (B[alpha]P) increases aggressiveness and affects consummatory aspects of sexual behaviour in male mice. 3 Apr 2009
• Effects of cues associated with meal interruption on feeding behavior. 26 Mar 2009
• Consummatory successive negative and anticipatory contrast effects in inbred Roman rats. 14 Mar 2009
• Posttrial corticosterone administration enhances the effects of incentive downshift: exploring the boundaries of this effect. 30 Jan 2009
• Chronic mild stress (CMS) in mice: of anhedonia, 'anomalous anxiolysis' and activity. 27 Jan 2009
• Behavioral economic assessment of price and cocaine consumption following self-administration histories that produce escalation of either final ratios or intake. 27 Oct 2008
• Nitric oxide induces aspects of egg-laying behavior in Aplysia. 30 Jul 2008
• Antagonism of glutamatergic NMDA and mGluR5 receptors decreases consumption of food in baboon model of binge-eating disorder. 22 Jun 2008
• Nonphysical contact between cagemates alleviates the social isolation syndrome in C57BL/6 male mice. 30 May 2008
• Trial-selective effects of U50,488H, a kappa-opioid receptor agonist, on consummatory successive negative contrast. 24 Apr 2008
• The effects of early isolation on sexual behavior and c-fos expression in naïve male Long-Evans rats. 30 Mar 2008
• Effects of environmental enrichment and social isolation on sucrose consumption and preference: associations with depressive-like behavior and ventral striatum dopamine. 19 Mar 2008
• Consummatory behavior and metabolic indicators after central ghrelin injections in rats. 14 Jan 2008
• How useful is the appetitive and consummatory distinction for our understanding of the neuroendocrine control of sexual behavior? 10 Oct 2007
• On the concept of sexual arousal: a simpler alternative. 8 Oct 2007
• Dissociation of neural regions associated with anticipatory versus consummatory phases of incentive processing. 8 Sep 2007
• Endocannabinoid modulation of male rat sexual behavior. 11 Aug 2007
• Topography in the preoptic region: differential regulation of appetitive and consummatory male sexual behaviors. 6 Jun 2007

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Technical information about 'Consummatory Behavior'

Definition: An act which constitutes the termination of a given instinctive behavior pattern or sequence.

Descriptor UI: D003259

Alternative terms: Consummatory Behavior; Behavior, Consummatory; Behaviors, Consummatory; Consummatory Behaviors;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F01.145.113.252;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: mainly animal; conclusion of a series of responses: nothing to do with "consumption" of food or other substances ( = EATING BEHAVIOR see FEEDING BEHAVIOR)