title: Method of evaluation of dynamic changes in food motivation in rabbits during successful food-procuring behavior.
abstract: We developed a method for evaluation of dynamic changes in the level of food motivation in rabbits during successful food-procuring behavior. Quantitative and temporal parameters of food consumption over each successive cycle of food-procuring behavior were used. The amount of consumed food was converted into electrical signal using an electronic balance incorporated into a hardware-software complex. Temporal parameters of food-procuring activity were determined by changes in electric signal in real-time mode. This method makes it possible to record simultaneously food-procuring activity and impulse activity of masticator muscles and esophageal muscles, which enables parallel analysis of rhythms of food consumption, mastication, and swallowing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Tver' State Medical Academy, Federal Agency for Health Care and Social Development, Russia. krominaa@mail.ru
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kromin
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Dvoenko
authors.forename: Ju P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ignatova
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Sergeeva
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Shkadin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005502:Food; D009042:Motivation / Q000502:physiology*; D011817:Rabbits