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Control of Eating Behavior Using a Novel Feedback System
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夜食症候群の行動的および神経内分泌学的特徴
G S Birketvedt1, J Florholmen, J Sundsfjord
1Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsö, Norway. gsb42nor@aol.com
JAMA
|October 12, 1999
まとめ
夜間食生活症候群 (NES) は,夜間食生活の増加と睡眠障害を含む,明確な行動および神経内分泌パターンによって特徴付けられます. この研究では,NES患者におけるメラトニン,レプチン,コルチゾールレベルの特定の変化が明らかになりました.
科学分野:
- 行動科学は,行動科学である.
- エンドクリノロジー エンドクリノロジー
- スリープ・メディシン (睡眠医学)
背景:
- 夜間食症候群 (NES) は1955年に初めて記述され,朝の食欲不振,夕方の過食症,不眠症が特徴でした.
- その記述にもかかわらず,NESは広範な臨床研究を受けていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 行動観察と神経内分泌のデータを用いて,夜間食症候群 (NES) を特徴づける.
- NESに関連した特定の行動およびホルモンパターンを特定する.
主な方法:
- 行動観察研究では,10人の肥満のNES被験者と10人のマッチングした対照群が1週間にわたって参加しました.
- 神経内分泌の研究では,12人の夜間食生活者と21人の対照群を24時間監視した.
- 測定には,エネルギー摂取のタイミング,気分,睡眠障害,および血メラトニン,レプチン,コルチゾールの昼夜レベルが含まれていました.
主要な成果:
- 夜間食生活者は,対照群と比較して,夜間において大幅により多くのエネルギーを消費 (56%対15%) し,より多くの食生活エピソード (9.3対4.2) を経験しました.
- NES被験者は夜間目覚めを多く経験した (3.6対0.3),そのうち52%は食物の摂取に関連していた.
- 夜間食生活者は,メラトニンとレプチンの夜間上昇を弱め,対照群と比較して,より高い昼間コルチゾールレベルを示しました.
結論:
- 夜食症候群の個体において,行動的および神経内分泌の特徴の一貫したパターンが特定されました.
- これらの発見は,NES.を理解するための臨床的基礎を提供します.
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