Le Magnen J, Devos M
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 1980;4 Suppl 1:1-11. doi: 10.1016/0149-7634(80)90040-8.
Parameters of the meal pattern in rats were assessed and their physiological significance investigated through a detailed study of continuous graphic recordings over 20 consecutive days in ten rats. Both prandial and diurnal periodicities were examined. The definition of meals, by a criterion of 40 min of non-eating before and after a feeding episode, was validated statistically. The two superimposed periodicities were substantiated by studying night and daytime differences in meal sizes, meal-to-meal intervals, meal size/interval ratios, and post prandial correlations. The results provide new evidence for the role of metabolic and neuroendocrine factors in determining the relationships between meal size and post-meal intervals and their differences during the two parts of the diurnal cycle.
通过对十只大鼠连续20天的连续图形记录进行详细研究，评估了大鼠进食模式的参数，并研究了它们的生理意义。同时检查了餐食和昼夜周期。通过进食前后40分钟不进食的标准对餐食进行定义，并进行了统计学验证。通过研究夜间和白天在餐量、餐间间隔、餐量/间隔比以及餐后相关性方面的差异，证实了两种叠加的周期。这些结果为代谢和神经内分泌因素在决定餐量与餐后间隔之间的关系及其在昼夜周期两个部分中的差异方面所起的作用提供了新的证据。
