Effects of the rearing temperature on the temporal feeding pattern of the staggerer mutant mouse.
The temporal feeding pattern of the staggerer mutant mouse was tested under two thermal rearing conditions, 28 degrees C and 22 degrees C, and compared to that of the normal mouse. At a temperature of 28 degrees C, the mutants were observed to eat more than the normal mice did although they showed a drastic body weight deficit. At 22 degrees C, this peculiarity was still observed, but with an altered feeding pattern, wherein the mutants ate as much during both the dark and light phases.
Guastavino
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Laboratoire d'Ethologie et Sociobiologie, URA C.N.R.S. 667 Université Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France.
Bertin
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Portet
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D000818:Animals; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants / Q000502:physiology*