Several syndromes that have been characterized in terms of anorexia or appetite loss may
actually be due, at least in part, to specific food aversion learning. Evidence reviewed here …

The studies included in this chapter examine the learned food aversions that develop as a
result of cancer and cancer treatment. Clinical studies have shown that cancer patients can …

The vagus nerve appears to serve a role in mediating peripheral immunologic influences on
CNS processes. Previous work demonstrates that subdiaphragmatic vagotomy prevents or …

This chapter reviews some of the evidence on short-term satiation and reward effects in
hunger. The importance of conditioned taste aversion is stressed both as a source of …

MATERIALS AND METHODS According to the experiment female Wistar or Lewis rats (220-
250 g) were used. They were individually housed and maintained on a standard laboratory …

We have described a characteristic syndrome of intestinal dysfunction in infants of diabetic
mothers. This finding appears to result from a transient intramural dysfunction. Many …

In four of our initial five cases of percutaneous cholecystostomy, performed under ultrasound
guidance for septicemia due to suspected cystic duct obstruction and hydrops of the …

Two experiments, each with 28 female Long-Evans rats, examined whether some of the
depression in food intake observed in rats with vagotomy could be due to the development …

Investigated the role of the vagus in the lateral hypothalamic (LH) syndrome to body weight
loss in 80 male Sprague-Dawley albino rats. Ss were divided into 4 groups:(a) Ss with …

Physiological and biochemical differences were found between normal and intragastric
feeding in the rat. Milk ingested orally remained in the stomach significantly longer than milk …