Mammals expend energy in many ways, including basic cellular maintenance and repair,
digestion, thermoregulation, locomotion, growth and reproduction. These processes can …

Running wheels are commonly employed to measure rodent physical activity in a variety of
contexts, including studies of energy balance and obesity. There is no consensus on the …

Abstract Study Objective: To investigate the relationship between sleep duration and
subsequent body weight and fat gain. Design: Six-year longitudinal study. Setting …

A changing environment and lifestyle on the background of evolutionary engraved and
perinatally imprinted physiological response patterns is the foremost explanation for the …

Although sleep and exercise may seem to be mediated by completely different physiological
mechanisms, there is growing evidence for clinically important relationships between these …

Many public health officials and organizations have tried to alert the public about the
dangers of obesity. 1 Reports estimate that obesity was responsible for approximately …

Orexin (hypocretin) neurons, located exclusively in the PeF-LH, which includes the
perifornical area (PeF), the lateral hypothalamus (LH), and lateral portions of the medial …

Abstract Aim Modified Suanzaoren Decoction (MSZRD) is obtained by improving
Suanzaoren Decoction (SZRT), a traditional Chinese herbal prescription that has been used …

Obesity occurs when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure over a protracted period of
time. The energy expenditure associated with everyday activity is called NEAT (Nonexercise …

Orexins, or hypocretins, are excitatory neuropeptides involved in the regulation of feeding
behavior and the sleep and wakefulness states. Since their discovery, several lines of …