Glucocorticoids, hormones produced by the adrenal gland cortex, exert numerous functions
in body homeostasis and the response of the organism to external stressors. One striking …

Circadian and seasonal rhythms are a fundamental feature of all living organisms and their
organelles. Biological rhythms are responsible for daily food intake; the period of hunger …

Increases in arousal and activity in anticipation of a meal, termed “food anticipatory
activity”(FAA), depend on circadian food-entrainable oscillators (FEOs), whose locations and …

Rats, mice and other species can behaviorally anticipate a predictable daily mealtime by
entrainment of circadian oscillators (food‐entrainable oscillators) distinct from those (light …

Nocturnal rodents show diurnal food anticipatory activity when food access is restricted to a
few hours in daytime. Timed food access also results in reduced food intake, but the role of …

Circadian rhythms in mammals are regulated by a light‐entrainable circadian pacemaker in
the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus and food‐entrainable oscillators located …

Circadian rhythms and sleep influence a variety of physiological functions, including the
digestive system. The digestive system also has intrinsic rhythms that interact dynamically …

Objective: Several lines of evidence indicate that nutrient restriction during perinatal
development sensitizes the offspring to the development of obesity, insulin resistance and …

In the course of evolution, mechanisms have evolved to anticipate the timing of regularly
occurring events. These mechanisms are encompassed in a circadian timing system that …

Feeding, like many other biological functions, displays a daily rhythm. This daily rhythmicity
is controlled by the circadian timing system of which the central master clock is located in the …