| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The mechanism of behavioral thermoregulation is unknown yet. Rats place their tails underneath their body trunks in the cold (tail-hiding behavior). Tail-hiding behavior was used as an indicator of natural thermoregulatory behavior in this study. This study demonstrated that fasting, ghrelin, and female hormone (i.e. estrogen) modulate tail-hiding behavior in the cold.
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