Effect of Meal Feeding on Daily Rhythms of Plasma Corticosterone and Growth Hormone in the Rat

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After rats had adapted to regular meal feeding in the morning they demonstrated an altered circadian rhythm of plasma corticosterone (B) even under the normal light-dark cycle. The altered daily rhythm of plasma B consisted of two peaks, with one peak at 08.00 h in anticipation of meal feeding and a second peak corresponding to the normal peak of plasma B prior to lights-off seen in ad libitum-fed animals. Neither peak of plasma B in the meal-fed animals achieved the magnitude of the single peak observed in control animals. In spite of some quantitative differences during certain periods of the day, after the animals had adapted to meal feeding there was no difference in the basic profile of the daily rhythm of plasma immunoactive growth hormone (GH).

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEN

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Neuroendocrinology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0028-3835

Title: Neuroendocrinology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0028-3835

ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0194

Publication date Subscription-year: 1975

Publication date (Print): 1975

Publication date (Electronic): 20 March 2008

Volume: 19

Issue: 2

Pages: 160-169

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Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Calif.

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Publisher ID: 122436 Other ID: Neuroendocrinology 1975;19:160–169

DOI: 10.1159/000122436

PubMed ID: 1219505

SO-VID: e590afeb-9653-4f6c-8e41-12ae65971e64

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Date received : 03 February 1975

Date accepted : 02 September 1975

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Pages: 10

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