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Doug White, Ph.D. |
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Associate Professor and Head, Dept. of NUFS
Poultry Science Building 101E
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849
Tel (334) 844-3266
Fax (334) 844-3268
whitebd@auburn.edu
Ph.D., Louisiana State University Medical Center
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Interests
The regulation of food intake and energy balance.
Disease processes associated with obesity.
Selected Publications
White, B.D., F. Du and D.A. Higginbotham. Low Dietary Protein is Associated with an Increase in Food Intake and a Decrease in the In Vitro Release of Radiolabeled Glutamate and GABA from the Lateral Hypothalamus. Nutritional Neurosci. 6: 361-367, 2003.
Lin, C.-Y., D.A. Higginbotham, R.L. Judd, and B.D. White. Central Leptin Increases Insulin Sensitivity in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 282: E1084-E1091, 2002
White, B.D., M.H. Porter, and R.J. Martin. Protein Selection, Food Intake, and Body Composition in Response to the Amount of Dietary Protein. Physiology and Behavior 69: 383-389, 2000.
White B.D., M.H. Porter, and R.J. Martin. Effects of Age on the Feeding Response of Moderately Low Levels of Dietary Protein in Rats. Physiology and Behavior 68: 673-681, 2000.
Du, F., D.A. Higginbotham, and B.D. White. Food Intake, Energy Balance, and Serum Leptin Concentrations in Rats Fed Low-Protein Diets. Journal of Nutrition 130: 514-521, 2000.
White, B.D., R.G. Dean and R.J. Martin. An Association Between Low Levels of Dietary Protein, Elevated NPY Gene Expression in the Basomedial Hypothalamus and Increased Food Intake. Nutritional Neuroscience 1: 173-182, 1998.
He, B., B.D. White, G.L. Edwards and R.J. Martin. Neuropeptide Y Antibody Attenuates 2-deoxy-D-Glucose Induced Feeding in Rats. Brain Research 781: 348-350, 1998.
He, B., B.D. White, G.L. Edwards and R.J. Martin. Longer-Term Fourth Ventricular 5-Thioglucose Infusion Increases Body Fat in the Rat. Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine 217: 168-172, 1998.
White, B.D. and R.J. Martin. Evidence for a Central Mechanism of Obesity in the Zucker Rat: Role of Neuropeptide Y and Leptin. Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine 214: 222-232, 1997.
Edwards, G.L., B.D. White, B. He, R.G. Dean, and R.J. Martin. Elevated Hypothalamic Neuropeptide Y levels in Rats with Dorsomedial Hindbrain Lesions. Brain Research 755: 84-90, 1997.
Selected Research Projects
We are examining moderately low protein diets as a model of diet-induced obesity.
We are examining the role of central leptin to influence peripheral insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis.
Dissertations and Theses Directed
Chia-yu Lin (Ph.D.)
“Central leptin increases insulin sensitivity, independent of food intake, and sympathetic activity in diabetic rats.”
Allan Higginbotham (Ph.D.)
“A low-protein diet as a model of leptin resistance.”
Fangyan Du (M.S.)
“Food intake, body composition and energy balance in rats fed various levels of low dietary protein.”
Course Information
NUFS 2000: Nutrition and Health
BCHE 3180: Nutritional Biochemistry
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