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| Ishii, Toshiaki; Furuoka, Hidefumi; Ito, Takuya; Kitamura, Nobuo; Nishimura, Masakazu. |
| The mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (Me5), which receives input from oral proprioceptors and projects to higher brain regions, is involved in mastication-induced modulation of satiation. To investigate how the Me5 is involved in the control of feeding and exploratory behavior, we examined the effect of bilateral electrolytic lesions of the Me5 on feeding and exploratory behavior in mice. Mouse feeding and exploratory behaviors were analyzed using a food- search-compulsion-apparatus (FSCA), which was designed to distinguish between the two behaviors under standard living conditions. To assess anxiety in mice in an unfamiliar environment, exploratory activity was analyzed in an automated hole-board apparatus. Mice with bilateral Me5 lesions had unique... |
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Palavras-chave: Feeding; Exploratory behavior; Me5 lesions. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/740 |
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| Ishii, Toshiaki; Furuoka, Hidefumi; Kitamura, Nobuo; Muroi, Yoshikage; Nishimura, Masakazu; 古岡, 秀文; 北村, 延夫; 室井, 喜景; 石井, 利明. |
| Post-weaning mice fed exclusively milk display low-frequency exploratory behavior [Ishii, T., Itou, T., and Nishimura, M. (2005) Life Sci. 78, 174-179] compared to mice fed a food pellet diet. This low-frequency exploratory behavior switched to high-frequency exploration after a switch from exclusively milk formula to a food pellet diet. Acquisition of the high-frequency exploratory behavior was irreversible. Recently, we demonstrated that the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (Me5) is involved in the control of feeding and exploratory behavior in mice without modulating the emotional state [Ishii, T., Furuoka, H., Itou, T., Kitamura, N., and Nishimura, M. (2005) Brain Res. 1048, 80-86]. We therefore investigated whether the Me5 is involved in acquisition... |
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Palavras-chave: Exploratory behavior; Me5 lesions; Weaning. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/739 |
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| Ishii, Toshiaki; Suenaga, Ryuta; Iwata, Wataru; Miyata, Ryouhei; Fujikawa, Ryu; Muroi, Yoshikage. |
| The mesencephalic trigeminal sensory nucleus (Me5), which receives signals originating from oral proprioceptors, becomes active at weaning and contributes to the acquisition of active exploratory behavior [Ishii, T., Furuoka, H., Kitamura, N., Muroi, Y., and Nishimura, M. (2006) Brain Res. 1111, 153-161]. Because cognitive functions play a key role in animal exploration, in the present study we assessed the role of Me5 in spatial learning and memory in the water maze. Mice with bilateral Me5 lesions exhibited severe deficits in both a reversal learning and a reversal probe test compared with sham-operated mice. In spite of these reversal tests, Me5 lesions had no effect on a hidden platform test. These results suggest that Me5-lesioned mice show a... |
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Palavras-chave: Spatial learning and memory; Me5 lesions; Hippocampal neurogenesis; Dentate gyrus. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2824 |
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