Abstract
The role of gastrin-like peptides in a regulation of feeding behaviour was studied in a snail Helix lucorum. Sensory stimulation during 15 min carried out by a patch of clothes moistened by the carrot juice (pseudo-feeding) decreased the weight (by 25-50%) of eaten carrot and the duration of the food intake. Similar satiety effect was found after pentagastrin (380 ng) or cholecystokinin-octapeptide (560 ng) injection 20 min after the beginning of the food intake. Measurement of the gastrin-like immunoreactivity showed that the peptide levels in the meta-cerebral ganglia and the haemolymph were dependent on the stage of feeding behaviour. After pseudo-feeding the peptide levels in the ganglia and the haemolymph were significantly higher than those during feeding. Our results suggest the presence of a single gastrin/cholecystokinin-like peptide with feeding stage-dependent functional significance in Helix snails.
| Translated title of the contribution | The role of a gastrin-like peptide in regulating the different stages in the feeding behavior of snails |
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| Original language | Russian |
| Pages (from-to) | 102-111 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni I.P. Pavlova |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience