Doug White, Ph.D.
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

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