Food Preferences - Physiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Analgesia accompanying food consumption requires ingestion of hedonic foods.

12 Oct 2009 Animals eat rather than react to moderate pain. Here, we examined the behavioral, hedonic, and neural requirements for ingestion analgesia in ad libitum fed rats. Noxious heat-evoked withdrawals were similarly suppressed during self-initiated ... Read more...

Role of olfaction in the conditioned sucrose preference of sweet-ageusic T1R3 knockout mice.

5 Sep 2009 Prior work has shown that sweet taste-deficient T1R3 knockout (KO) mice developed significant sucrose preferences when given long-term sugar versus water tests. The current study investigated the role of olfaction in this experience-conditioned ... Read more...

Downregulation of NR3A-containing NMDARs is required for synapse maturation and memory consolidation.

11 Aug 2009 NR3A is the only NMDA receptor (NMDAR) subunit that downregulates sharply prior to the onset of sensitive periods for plasticity, yet the functional importance of this transient expression remains unknown. To investigate whether removal/replacement ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Food Preferences - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Analgesia accompanying food consumption requires ingestion of hedonic foods. 12 Oct 2009
• Role of olfaction in the conditioned sucrose preference of sweet-ageusic T1R3 knockout mice. 5 Sep 2009
• Downregulation of NR3A-containing NMDARs is required for synapse maturation and memory consolidation. 11 Aug 2009
• Using descriptive assessment in the treatment of bite acceptance and food refusal. 10 Aug 2009
• Brain activation in restrained and unrestrained eaters: an fMRI study. 30 Jul 2009
• Acquired hedonic and sensory characteristics of odours: influence of sweet liker and propylthiouracil taster status. 30 Jul 2009
• Energy density at a buffet-style lunch differs for adolescents born at high and low risk of obesity. 13 Jul 2009
• Distinct opioid circuits determine the palatability and the desirability of rewarding events. 11 Jul 2009
• Glutamate taste and appetite in laboratory mice: physiologic and genetic analyses. 29 Jun 2009
• Induction of neuronal vascular endothelial growth factor expression by cAMP in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is required for antidepressant-like behaviors. 29 Jun 2009
• Acting in good taste: nutrient sensors in the gut. 29 Jun 2009
• The excess salt appetite of humans is not due to sodium loss in adulthood. 21 Jun 2009
• Lateral hypothalamus dopamine D1-like receptors and glucose-conditioned flavor preferences in rats. 14 Jun 2009
• The neuropharmacology of relapse to food seeking: methodology, main findings, and comparison with relapse to drug seeking. 31 May 2009
• [Infants and children facing food: foretastes into preferences into programmations] 30 May 2009
• Physiological expression of emotional reactions in sheep. 28 May 2009
• The effects of acupuncture stimulation at PC6 (Neiguan) on chronic mild stress-induced biochemical and behavioral responses. 5 May 2009
• Orosensory responsiveness to and preference for hydroxide-containing salts in mice. 5 May 2009
• Sensory-specific associations in flavor-preference reversal learning. 29 Apr 2009
• Social cues influence foraging in dwarf hamsters (Phodopus campbelli). 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Food Preferences'

Definition: The selection of one food over another.

Descriptor UI: D005518

Alternative terms: Food Preferences; Food Preference; Preference, Food; Preferences, Food; Food Selection; Food Selections; Selection, Food; Selections, Food;

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

Tree Number: F01.145.407.516;

History Note: 69

Technical Notes: human & animal