Thesis--Amsterdam. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2000. / Includes abstract and vita. "July 2000." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-150).

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Kentucky University, 2007. / Made available through ProQuest. Publication number: AAT 1442589. ProQuest document ID: 1313920541. Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-61)

A homeostase hidro-eletrolítica é controlada por informações sobre volume e a concentração dos íons dos líquidos corporais. Alterações da osmolalidade são detectadas por receptores presentes em diversas regiões do SNC, entre as quais os órgãos circunventriculares. Alterações conformacionais nestas células ativam neurônios localizados nos núcleos paraventricular (PVN) e supra-óptico (SON) do hipotálamo, que secretam ocitocina (OT) e vasopressina (AVP). A osmolalidade plasmática aumenta em conseqüência da alimentação, o que induz a secreção de OT e AVP. Os esteróides ovarianos podem influenciar o balanço de líquidos, modulando sistemas hormonais que regulam tanto o consumo quanto a excreção de água, ou agindo diretamente em neurônios ocitocinérgicos e vasopressinérgicos do hipotálamo. No entanto, esta ação não é ainda entendida. É possível que esses sistemas respondam de forma diferente às variações de estrógeno, talvez por ação direta através de receptores de estrógeno tipo em neurônios OT e AVP do PVN e SON, e por ação indireta através de receptores de estrógeno tipo em órgãos circunventriculares. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a participação do estradiol na modulação da secreção de AVP em resposta ao estímulo osmótico induzido pela realimentação após jejum. Para tanto, foi realizada a determinação da concentração plasmática de AVP, a análise da ativação de neurônios AVP, o conteúdo protéico de ER no PVN e no SON bem como a ativação neuronal pela expressão de FOS e a expressão de ER nos órgãos circunventriculares de animais ovariectomizados tratados com estradiol ou veículo. Os resultados mostram que a realimentação após jejum de 48 horas aumenta a expressão de FOS e a expressão da proteína de ER no PVN e SON, a expressão de FOS nos órgãos circunventriculares estudados e a concentração plasmática de AVP. No entanto, não foi observada diferença significativa entre os tratamentos. Houve uma inibição da expressão de ER nos órgãos circunventriculares estudados. Aparentemente, o estradiol não participa da elaboração de uma resposta frente ao estímulo osmótico induzido pela realimentação e não interfe na ativação de neurônios AVP e na secreção desse hormônio para circulação sanguínea. / The hydroelectrolyte homeostasis is controlled by information on volume and concentration of ions in the body fluids. Osmolality changes are detected by receptors in various regions of the CNS, including the circumventricular organs. Conformational changes of these cells activate neurons located in the paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic (SON) nucleus of the hypothalamus, which secrete oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP). Feeding increases the plasma osmolality which induces the secretion of AVP and OT. Ovarian steroids may influence the balance of fluids modulating hormonal systems that regulate both consumption and excretion of water or acting directly on oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic neurons of the hypothalamus. However, this action is not clearly understood. It is possible that these systems respond differently to the estrogen changes perhaps by direct action through estrogen receptor type in AVP and OT neurons of the PVN and SON, and by indirect action through estrogen receptor type in circumventricular organs. The objective of this study was to evaluate the participation of estrogen in the modulation of AVP secretion in response to osmotic stimulus induced by refeeding after fasting. For this purpose, we performed the determination of plasma AVP, the analysis of the activation of AVP neurons, the protein content of ER in the PVN and SON as well as activation by neuronal expression of FOS and the expression of ER in the circumventricular organs in estrogen-primed and -unprimed ovariectomized animals. The results show that refeeding after fasting for 48 hours increases the expression of FOS and ER protein in the PVN and SON, the expression of FOS in the circumventricular organs studied and plasma AVP. However, there was no significant difference between treatments with estrogen or vehicle. There was an inhibition of ER expression in the circumventricular organs studied. Apparently, estrogen does not participate in the preparation of a response to the osmotic stimulus induced by refeeding and it does not interfere in the activation of AVP neurons or the secretion of this hormone to the bloodstream.

As dietas intermitentes (IF) compreendem ciclos alternados de 24 horas de jejum e alimentação. Como os efeitos de IF sobre o balanço redox não são bem conhecidos, esse trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar os efeitos desta dieta sobre o estado redox de diferentes tecidos de ratos. Após um mês de tratamento, os fígados dos ratos em IF apresentaram um aumento de capacidade respiratória mitocondrial juntamente com níveis elevados de proteínas carboniladas. Verificou-se ainda um aumento em danos oxidativos no cérebro destes animais. IF promoveu significativa proteção contra danos oxidativos no coração, enquanto que não houve alterações no estado redox do músculo esquelético. Os efeitos metabólicos de IF também foram investigados com o intuito de compreender os mecanismos envolvidos com o menor peso e a hiperfagia promovidos por esta intervenção. Observou-se que o menor peso dos ratos submetidos à IF é consequência de um aumento em taxas metabólicas em dias de alimentação somado à oxidação lipídica aumentada durante o jejum. A hiperfagia, por sua vez, é consequencia de elevação nos níveis de neurotransmissores orexigênicos hipotalâmicos, mesmo quando estes animais estão alimentados. Os níveis do neutransmissor TRH também foram modulados por esta dieta, o que pode estar relacionado com as alterações de taxas metabólicas observadas no modelo. Concluímos, portanto, que as dietas intermitentes promovem modificações funcionais no hipotálamo que estão associadas com diferenças no peso corpóreo e no apetite. Além disso, IF afeta o balanço redox de forma tecido específica, levando a um desbalanço oxidativo no fígado e no cérebro e à proteção contra danos oxidativos no coração. / Intermittent fasting (IF) is a dietary intervention that comprises 24 hour cycles alternating ad libitum feeding and fasting. We address here the effects of IF on redox state in different tissues, which are still poorly understood. After one month on the diet, IF rats livers presented increased mitochondrial respiratory capacity along with increased levels of protein carbonyls. Surprisingly, IF animals also presented an increase in oxidative damage in the brain. Conversely, IF promoted a substantial protection against oxidative damage in the heart. No difference in redox homeostasis was observed in the skeletal muscle. We also assessed metabolic effects of IF to uncover the mechanisms involved in the lower body mass and loss of feeding control in IF rats. As measured calorimetrically, IF animals presented high metabolic rates during feeding days and increased lipid oxidation on fasting days, which explains the lower body weight. IF-induced overeating was a consequence of increased expression of hypothalamic orexigenic neurotransmitters, even on feeding days. THR levels also were changed, in parallel with the feeding-dependent alterations on metabolic rates. Overall, we find that intermittent fasting promotes functional hypothalamic alterations associated with differences in body weight and appetite. In addition, IF affects redox balance in a tissue-specific manner, leading to redox imbalance in the liver and brain, as well as protection against oxidative damage in the heart

The study of feeding behavior, and in particular the study of subjective hedonic experience and objective measures of motivation, are central to understanding how appetite regulation can be compromised in certain individuals. Furthermore, with an integrated picture of physiological and behavioral changes that can occur as a result of energy deprivation what emerges is a better understanding of how palatable food can disrupt attempts at regulating body weight at lower levels of body energy stores. In Article I, the genetic association study examining a potential role for a dopamine-related polymorphism in weight loss, it was shown that contrary to the main hypothesis there was no association between TaqIA polymorphism and the amount of body weight loss. In Article II, it was shown that palatability and olfaction ratings increased as a result of a 24 hour fast and females demonstrated larger improvements in overall olfactory performance. Initial body weight was positively related to improved odor detection threshold and total odour score (TDI). Using the same population sample as Article II, Article III highlights that higher sensitivity to reward and disinhibition scores correlated with responding for palatable snack food stimuli in the relative-reinforcing value of food (RRV) task, further indicating that RRV has strong ties with impulsivity. There was a demonstrable lack of negative alliesthesia under the fasted condition where, after a 75% increase in ad libitum energy intake (EI) relative to the fed condition, this greater amount of food consumed was still rated as being more palatable than the lesser amounts consumed under the fed condition. In Article IV it was shown that an equicaloric (-25%) energy deficit by diet alone was a greater challenge to appetite regulation and resulted in greater compensatory increases in EI than deprivation by exercise alone. Independent of deprivation modality there were significant improvements in odour threshold scores. TDI score increased only under diet alone; furthermore, the noted increase in mean TDI score was positively related to increased ad libitum EI. The picture that emerges is that, acutely, a complete fast has more pronounced effects on appetite and ad libitum EI than dieting alone, which in turn had greater effects than exercise alone or controls. Also, TDI improved under all three methods of energy deprivation, but moreso under conditions of deprivation by diet alone.

No abstract available / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2013 / Biblical and Religious Studies / Unrestricted

Elevated ketone production and utilization results in a host of health benefits. The aim of this study was to assess the rate of ketone production during a prolonged fast and to evaluate how an initial bout of exercise influences this production. Mood and hunger, along with plasma insulin and glucagon, were also assessed. In this crossover study, 20 adult subjects (11 Male, 9 Female) completed two 36-hour fasts, with one protocol requiring the subject to complete an intense treadmill exercise session at the beginning of the fast. Ketone levels were assessed via blood ketone meter and recorded every two hours. Subjective mood and hunger ratings were also recorded every two hours. Venipuncture was performed every 12 hours to assess plasma insulin and glucagon. The mean area under the ketone production curve for the nonexercise intervention was 19.19 ± 2.59 mmol/L and 27.49 ± 2.59 mmol/L for the exercise intervention, resulting in a significant 8.30 mmol/L difference between conditions (95% probability interval was 1.94 to 14.82 mmol/L). The mean time to nutritional ketosis was 21.07 ± 2.95 hours with fasting alone, and 17.5 ± 1.69 hours when combined with exercise (posterior probability = 0.89). There was a significant decrease in insulin over time (F(3,133) = 61.75, p < 0.0001). There was also a significant increase in glucagon over time (F(3,133) = 21.10, p < 0.0001). Hunger and stomach discomfort did not differ between conditions. Anger (F(10,394) = 2.74, p = 0.0028), depression (F(10,394) = 2.91, p = 0.0016), tension (F(10,394) = 2.29, p = 0.0128), vigor (F(10,394) = 11.65, p < 0.0001), and fatigue (F(10,394) = 10.60, p = 0.0001) increased over the course of the fast, but did not differ between conditions. Completing aerobic exercise at the beginning of a 36-hour fast results in significantly more ketone production. The impact of exercise on ketone production comes at little or no impact on hunger, stomach discomfort and negative moods. A difference in time to achieving nutritional ketosis between conditions may exist, but this was not observed in this study.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of Ramdan fasting on plasma levels of ACTH and cortisol in athletic students living in the Jordan Valley (JV) and compare them to those living at above sea level in Ramtha City (RC). Methods: Sample collection and measurements were done in November 1998 from non-fasting and in December 1998 from fasting people. Results: ACTH levels in non-fasting subjects in the JV were 36 ± 4 IU/ml compared to 43 ± 3 IU/ml for those in RC. Cortisol levels were 483 ± 76 (JV) and 539 ± 89 nmol/l (RC). Fasting led to an increase in ACTH (49 ± 6 (JV) and 58 ± 5 IU/ml (RC)) and cortisol levels (637 ± 101 (JV) and 805 ± 72 nmol/l (RC)). Conclusion: Fasting increases ACTH and cortisol levels in an altitude-independent fashion.

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