Since its first introduction, levodopa has become the cornerstone for the treatment of
Parkinson's disease and remains the leading therapeutic choice for motor control therapy so …

Reviews methodological issues and recent studies on circadian and seasonal rhythms, and
the relationship between rhythms and behavioral functions (eg, eating, drinking, sleep, and …

Recent data demonstrate that noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC-NE) are
required for fear-induced suppression of feeding, but the role of endogenous LC-NE activity …

107 with treatments that affect the arousal of the animals is also implied on the basis of the
behavioral changes induced in the lesioned animals by amphetamine administration and by …

The circadian periodicity of plasma corticosteroid levels was determined in individual adult
male and female rats, sampled every 4 hr over a 48-hr period. Access of these rats to food …

A discrete, ascending fiber system that supplies the hypothalamus with most of its
noradrenergic terminals was destroyed at midbrain level, both electrolytically and with local …

Lesions restricted to the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus were neither necessary
nor sufficient for, and did not contribute to, the production of hypothalamic obesity …

How is each individual's unique personality formed? What is it about p ersonality that can
change, and why is change often so slow? Promising approaches to these perennial …

Synaptic responses in hippocampal granule cells to stimulation of their afferent fibers from
the entorhinal cortex fluctuate with a 24-hour period. The phase of this cycle for rats and …

Publisher Summary Sex and reproductive condition often have very dramatic effects on the
behaviors, affecting body weight and composition in a wide variety of species, although most …