Exogenous glucocorticoids upregulate preference for sweet in sand rat, Psammomys obesus

Hassiba Benbaibeche1, Abdenour Bounihi2, Hamza Saidi2

  • 1Department of Natural and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Algiers 1, Benyoucef Benkhedda. Algeria; Bioenergetics and Intermediary Metabolism Team, Laboratory of Biology and Organisms Physiology, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers, Algeria.

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まとめ

Confinement stress in sand rats increases sweet preference and alters metabolic pathways. This suggests corticosterone (CORT) contributes to obesity by affecting taste and liver enzymes.