title: [Effect of chronic high-fat diet on predation behavior in rats].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the eff ect and mechanism of chronic high-fat diet on predation behavior in rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten female SD rats with 4-week-old were randomly divided into a normal control group (NC group, n=5) and a chronic high-fat diet group (HF group, n=5). The rats in the NC group received the regular diet while rats in the HF group were fed with high-fat diet. Fift een weeks later, the predation behavior of rats was evaluated by open fi eld test and food foraging tests. At the end of experiments, the rats were killed and brain tissues were collected for evaluation of c-Fos protein expression in anterior cingulate cortex by immunohistochemical assay.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Th e predation behavior of rats in the HF group was signifi cantly impaired in the competitive or non-competitive food foraging test compared with the control rats (P< 0.001). Th e c-fos protein expression in anterior cingulate cortex of rats from the HF group was signifi cantly decreased (P< 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Long time high-fat diet can aff ect the predation behavior of rats, which is related to dysfunction of neuron in anterior cingulate cortex.
authors.affiliation: Grade 2011, Clinical Medicine, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
authors.forename: Wenhao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Shuhui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yaru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Liting
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Changqi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059305:Diet, High-Fat; D005260:Female; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos