Effects of cellulose adulteration on maintenance-feeding behavior in rats with VMH lesions Academic Article

abstract

• Female rats with lesions of the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) overate and gained more body weight than same-diet control rats, following extended maintenance on a ground-chow diet adulterated with an equal weight of cellulose. Adulteration with cellulose clearly decreased diet palatability, because control rats fed the cellulose-adulterated diet ate and weighed less than control rats fed the unadulterated ground-chow diet. The overeating of a less palatable diet by VMH rats is consistent with the hypothesis that VMH lesions increase hunger motivation. 1978, Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.

authors

• Wellman, Paul

published proceedings

• Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

author list (cited authors)

• Wellman, P. J., & Peters, R. H.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Wellman, Paul J||Peters, Ronald H

publication date

• January 1978

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience  Journal

keywords

• Nutrition

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3758/bf03326755

start page

• 493

end page

• 496

volume

• 6

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.3758%2Fbf03326755