15 generations of untrained jocks, couch potatoes show big physiological adaptations
...arents. Similarly, if you're a practiced and proud couch potato who suddenly woke up to the fact that you'r...me subjects become more athletic, while others are couch potatoes. This effort will include looking for genes and/or signaling mechanisms that prompt the in...14 highlighted physiology papers from IUPS 2005: From 'genomics to functions'
...ysiology 347.8 15 generations of untrained jocks, couch potatoes show big physiological adaptations Exercise research usually keys on training effects, but UCSD physiologists studied underlying genetic mechanisms through 15 generations of untrained rats from a single strain. Large physiological adaptatio...Exercise aside, genes may ultimately dictate seniors' mobility
...d, those who exercised stayed healthier than their couch potato peers, but those born with a certain gene benefited the most from physical activity, said Marco Pahor, M.D., director of University of Florida's Institute on Aging and the multi-institutional study's senior author. "To our knowledge, this is t...Designed peptides: Candidates for the treatment of cancer, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders
...aid. "Just taking these pills while sitting on the couch and eating a TV dinner won't make you go from 300 pounds to 150."...Study: 'Run-down feeling' with illness may last longer as people age
...ned his own lack of interest in getting up off the couch to greet visitors when he is sick to a mouse's lack of curiosity about new cage mates when it is sick. LPS injections caused older mice to stop eating for a longer amount of time, lose more weight and show less social behavior than younger mice. "As...Abalones along Pacific coast may owe their huge, dinner-plate size to sea otters
...de from otters in rock crevices while gorging like couch potatoes on the tasty kelp washed up on their doorstep. "We realized with this study that most abalones are small, averaging two inches across, and live on coral reefs in the tropical Indopacific," Lindberg said. "So why does the world's largest abal...Summer research programs for undergraduates evaluated nationally
... a summer full of lazy mornings languishing on the couch or a summer getting up early to engage in scientific research in a full-fledged lab, the choice might seem to be easy. However, at Washington University in St. Louis and at other schools across the country, there are numerous undergraduates taking a...Being obese and a couch potato may have a biological basis in the brain
...he results point to a biological basis for being a couch potato." This line of research suggests that frequent minor unconscious movements such as fidgeting and other behaviors associated with restlessness burn calories and help control weight, Kotz said. Further, it suggests a strategy to reduce weight ...Humans aren't the only ones with obesity problems
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Horses are inheritably couch potatoes. An overeating, slothful horse leads to an obese horse. Unlike humans, however, horse owners often dont see the dangers of an obese horse. Caretakers may see no harm in giving their horses rich foods, but obesity in horses is just as unhealt...Adult survivors of childhood leukemia exercise less, worsening high risk for obesity and illness
... important to remember that these patients are not couch potatoes or lazy, said Dr. Oeffinger. Our findings suggest that CRT has fundamentally altered something in the central nervous system thats leading to a decrease in levels of physical activity. Because exercise reduces the risk of developing cardi...