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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 265: R1423-R1429, 1993;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 265, Issue 6 1423-R1429, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Meal initiation occurs after experimental induction of transient declines in blood glucose

F. J. Smith and L. A. Campfield
Metabolic Diseases Research, Hoffmann-La Roche, Nutley, New Jersey 07110.

Previous studies have shown that a brief rise in plasma insulin followed by a transient fall and rise in blood glucose precede the initiation of feeding in nondeprived rats. In this study, a cholinergic agonist, bethanechol chloride, which is known to induce a brief spike in plasma insulin, was infused intravenously in an attempt to induce transient declines in blood glucose and meal initiation in free-feeding rats. When the blood glucose response to bethanechol chloride administration met the criteria for a transient decline in blood glucose, meal initiation occurred within 20 min in nine out of ten trials. However, if the blood glucose response to bethanechol chloride administration failed to meet the criteria for a transient decline in blood glucose, meal initiation did not occur. The frequency of successful induction of feeding was higher in the late light cycle (80%) compared with the early light cycle (14%) of the photoperiod. These results suggest that cholinergic stimulation can induce feeding only after a brief fall and rise in blood glucose. The blood glucose and behavioral responses to the cholinergic stimulus appear to be strongly dependent on the metabolic state of the animal. These results further strengthen the evidence for a causal relationship between transient declines in blood glucose and meal initiation in free-feeding rats.


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