title: Overview of methodological approaches to the study of ingestive behavior.
abstract: Some examples of procedures used by feeding researchers are discussed in this unit and include ablation of neural function; inhibition of behaviors by selective neurotoxins and antisense oligonucleotides; staining of sensory and motor mechanisms; electrical stimulation of the brain; local injection and microdialysis of nutrients, neurotransmitters, and drugs; autoradiography and in situ hybridization of neurotransmitters with their receptors; electrophysiological techniques for multi- and single-unit recording of cells in the hypothalamus; and gene technology using inbred strains of genetically obese mice.
authors.affiliation: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Hoebel
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wellman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005010:Ethology / Q000379:methods*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005544:Forecasting; D006041:Goats; D006652:Histological Techniques; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D051379:Mice; D008820:Mice, Obese; D017551:Microdialysis; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D012107:Research Design
chemical_list: D009498:Neurotoxins; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense