Food restriction and spontaneous motor activity in male mice: effects of feeding pattern, far-infrared ray and bamboo grass leaf extract.
The effects on spontaneous motor activity of the pattern of restricted feeding, far-infrared ray (FIR) irradiation or free access in drinking water containing Sasa Health, a bamboo grass leafextract, were examined in SHN male mice at 2-3 months of age. In mice whose diet was restricted to 60% of the control, fed at 9:00 or 17:00 hours, the level of spontaneous behaviour was elevated 1 hour before the respective feeding time (8:00 or 16:00 hours). The activity was stimulated by FIR in both the control and food-restricted mice, but to a much higher degree in the latter. Treatment with Sasa Health in drinking water lowered the elevated activity level in food-restricted mice. Plasma component levels and organ weights were modulated by FIR or Sasa Health. The findings revealed that, not only the restricted feeding itsel, but also its pattern, significantly affected behaviour and that FIR and Sasa Health modified the deleterious effects of restricted feeding.
Nagasawa
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Experimental Animal Research Laboratory, Meiji University, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214-8571, Japan.
Murayama
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Ishigame
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D005508:Food Deprivation; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D009919:Orchiectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*; D006109:Poaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D013737:Testis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D014781:Viscera / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects
D001786:Blood Glucose; D001798:Blood Proteins; D010936:Plant Extracts; D002784:Cholesterol; D002118:Calcium