1. The effect of reducing food intake to 75% of the ad libitum intake was determined from hatching to 8 weeks in young Light Sussex chickens. 2. Restricted birds were lighter throughout the experiment. 3. Relative adrenal weight tended to be greater in restricted birds but the difference decreased with time. 4. There was no depletion of adrenal cholesterol: from week 5 there was a significantly greater amount in the adrenals of restricted birds. 5. After 1 week of restriction plasma corticosterone concentration was 73% greater than in controls. It decreased progressively, falling within the normal range at 5 weeks. 6. Restricted birds were hypoglycaemic from weeks 2 to 7 and hyperlipacidaemic throughout. A negative correlation between plasma glucose and free fatty acids was found.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.