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Research area: Attention Deficit Disorder
Does sucrose or aspartame cause hyperactivity in children? Kanarek RB. Nutr Rev. 1994 May;52(5):173-5.
Aspartame: effects on learning, behavior, and mood. Saravis S, Schachar R, Zlotkin S, Leiter LA, Anderson GH. Pediatrics. 1990 Jul;86(1):75-83.
Aspartame, behavior, and cognitive function in children with attention deficit disorder. Shaywitz BA, Sullivan CM, Anderson GM, Gillespie SM, Sullivan B, Shaywitz SE. Pediatrics. 1994 Jan;93(1):70-5.
Erythrocyte L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine hydrolase activity and plasma phenylalanine and aspartate concentrations in children consuming diets high in aspartame. Stegink LD, Lindgren SD, Brummel MC, Stumbo PJ, Wolraich ML. Am J Clin Nutr. 1995 Dec;62(6):1206-11.
Effects of diets high in sucrose or aspartame on the behavior and cognitive performance of children. Wolraich ML, Lindgren SD, Stumbo PJ, Stegink LD, Appelbaum MI, Kiritsy MC. N Engl J Med. 1994 Feb 3;330(5):301-7.
Treatment of hyperactive children with D-phenylalanine. Zametkin AJ, Karoum F, Rapoport JL. Am J Psychiatry. 1987 Jun;144(6):792-4.
Research area: Appetite, Intake and Weight Maintenance
Aspartame: effect on lunch-time food intake, appetite and hedonic response in children. Anderson GH, Saravis S, Schacher R, Zlotkin S, Leiter LA. Appetite. 1989 Oct;13(2):93-103.
Intense sweeteners, energy intake and the control of body weight. Bellisle F, Drewnowski A European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 10, 1038 (2007).
Soft drinks with aspartame: effect on subjective hunger, food selection, and food intake of young adult males. Black RM, Tanaka P, Leiter LA, Anderson GH. Physiol Behav. 1991 Apr;49(4):803-10.
Effects of consumption of caloric vs noncaloric sweet drinks on indices of hunger and food consumption in normal adults. Canty DJ, Chan MM. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991 May;53(5):1159-64.
Effects of aspartame and sucrose on hunger and energy intake in humans. Mattes R. Physiol Behav. 1990 Jun;47(6):1037-44.
Use of artificial sweeteners and fat-modified foods in weight loss maintainers and always-normal weight individuals Phelan S, Lang W, Jordan D, Wing R International Journal of Obesity 28 July 2009; 10:1038
The effect of non-nutritive sweeteners on body weight in rats. Porikos KP, Koopmans HS. Appetite. 1988;11 Suppl 1:12-5.
Effect of covert nutritive dilution on the spontaneous food intake of obese individuals: a pilot study. Porikos KP, Booth G, Van Itallie TB. Am J Clin Nutr. 1977 Oct;30(10):1638-44.
Intense sweeteners, food intake, and the weight of a body of evidence. Renwick AG. Physiol Behav. 1994 Jan;55(1):139-43.
Comparative effects of fructose, aspartame, glucose, and water preloads on calorie and macronutrient intake. Rodin J. Am J Clin Nutr. 1990 Mar;51(3):428-35.
Effects of intense sweeteners on hunger, food intake, and body weight: a review. Rolls BJ. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991 Apr;53(4):872-8.
Comparison of the effects of aspartame and sucrose on appetite and food intake. Rolls BJ, Hetherington M, Laster LJ. Appetite. 1988;11 Suppl 1:62-7.
Hunger and food intake following consumption of low-calorie foods. Rolls BJ, Laster LJ, Summerfelt A. Appetite. 1989 Oct;13(2):115-27.
Effects of drinks sweetened with sucrose or aspartame on hunger, thirst and food intake in men. Rolls BJ, Kim S, Fedoroff IC. Physiol Behav. 1990 Jul;48(1):19-26.
Effect of drinking soda sweetened with aspartame or high-fructose corn syrup on food intake and body weight. Tordoff MG, Alleva AM. Am J Clin Nutr. 1990 Jun;51(6):963-9.
Effects of sugar intake on body weight: a review. Vermunt SH, Pasman WJ, Schaafsma G, Kardinaal AF. Obes Rev. 2003 May;4(2):91-9.
A review of the effectiveness of aspartame in helping with weight control Hunty A, Gibson S, Ashwell M. Nutrition Bulletin, 31, 115-128 (2006).
Research area: Arthritis
The biological properties of aspartame. V. Effects on a variety of physiological parameters related to inflammation and metabolism. Aspinall RL, Saunders RN, Pautsch WF, Nutting EF. J Environ Pathol Toxicol. 1980 Jun-Jul;3(5-6):387-95.
Research area: Cancer
Incidence of brain tumors in rats fed aspartame. Ishii H. Toxicol Lett. 1981 Mar;7(6):433-7.
Mycoplasma pulmonis and Lymphoma in Bioassays in Rats. T Schoeb, E McConnell, M. Juliana, J Davis, M Davidson and J Lindsey. Veterinary Pathology 2009: 802401 - 80240
Research area: Diabetes
Aspartame metabolism in normal adults, phenylketonuric heterozygotes, and diabetic subjects. Filer LJ Jr, Stegink LD. Diabetes Care. 1989 Jan;12(1):67-74.
Response to single dose of aspartame or saccharin by NIDDM patients. Horwitz DL, McLane M, Kobe P. Diabetes Care. 1988 Mar;11(3):230-4.
Aspartame use by persons with diabetes.M Nehrling JK, Kobe P, McLane MP, Olson RE, Kamath S, Horwitz DL. Diabetes Care. 1985 Sep-Oct;8(5):415-7.
Glucose tolerance, blood lipid, insulin and glucagon concentration after single or continuous administration of aspartame in diabetics. Okuno G, Kawakami F, Tako H, Kashihara T, Shibamoto S, Yamazaki T, Yamamoto K, Saeki M. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1986 Apr;2(1):23-7.
Effects of aspartame on diabetic rats and diabetic patients. Shigeta H, Yoshida T, Nakai M, Mori H, Kano Y, Nishioka H, Kajiyama S, Kitagawa Y, Kanatsuna T, Kondo M, et al. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 1985 Oct;31(5):533-40.
Administration of aspartame in non-insulin-dependent diabetics. Stern SB, Bleicher SJ, Flores A, Gombos G, Recitas D, Shu J. J Toxicol Environ Health. 1976 Nov;2(2):429-39.
Research area: Headache
Aspartame and susceptibility to headache. Schiffman SS, Buckley CE 3rd, Sampson HA, Massey EW, Baraniuk JN, Follett JV, Warwick ZS. N Engl J Med. 1987 Nov 5;317(19):1181-5.
Research area: Hypersensitivity
A combined single-blind, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to determine the reproducibility of hypersensitivity reactions to aspartame. Garriga MM, Berkebile C, Metcalfe DD. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1991 Apr; 87(4):821-7.
Research area: Methanol, Formaldehyde and Formic Acid
Metabolism of aspartame and its L-phenylalanine methyl ester decomposition product by the porcine gut. Burgert SL, Andersen DW, Stegink LD, Takeuchi H, Schedl HP. Metabolism. 1991 Jun;40(6):612-8.
Cytotoxic effects of methanol, formaldehyde, and formate on dissociated rat thymocytes: a possibility of aspartame toxicity. Oyama Y, Sakai H, Arata T, Okano Y, Akaike N, Sakai K, Noda K. Cell Biol Toxicol. 2002;18(1):43-50.
Comparative metabolism of aspartame in experimental animals and humans. Ranney RE, Oppermann JA, Muldoon E, McMahon FG. J Toxicol Environ Health. 1976 Nov;2(2):441-51.
Aspartame, behavior, and cognitive function in children with attention deficit disorder. Shaywitz BA, Sullivan CM, Anderson GM, Gillespie SM, Sullivan B, Shaywitz SE. Pediatrics. 1994 Jan;93(1):70-5.
The aspartame story: a model for the clinical testing of a food additive. Stegink LD. Am J Clin Nutr. 1987 Jul;46(1 Suppl):204-15.
Blood methanol concentrations in normal adult subjects administered abuse doses of aspartame. Stegink LD, Brummel MC, McMartin K, Martin-Amat G, Filer LJ Jr, Baker GL, Tephly TR. J Toxicol Environ Health. 1981 Feb;7(2):281-90.
Blood methanol concentrations in one-year-old infants administered graded doses of aspartame. Stegink LD, Brummel MC, Filer LJ Jr, Baker GL. J Nutr. 1983 Aug;113(8):1600-6.
Effect of repeated ingestion of aspartame-sweetened beverage on plasma amino acid, blood methanol, and blood formate concentrations in normal adults. Stegink LD, Filer LJ Jr, Bell EF, Ziegler EE, Tephly TR. Metabolism. 1989 Apr;38(4):357-63.
Comments on the purported generation of formaldehyde and adduct formation from the sweetener aspartame. Tephly TR. Life Sci. 1999;65(13):PL157-60.
Research area: Parkinson's Disease
Aspartame use in Parkinson's disease. Karstaedt PJ, Pincus JH. Neurology. 1993 Mar;43(3 Pt 1):611-3.
Research area: Pregnancy
Use of aspartame in pregnancy. Sturtevant FM. Int J Fertil. 1985;30(1):85-7.
Research area: Reproduction
Effects of perinatal exposure to aspartame on rat pups. Holder MD. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 1989 Jan-Feb;11(1):1-6.
The biological properties of aspartame. IV. Effects on reproduction and lactation. Lennon HD, Metcalf LE, Mares SE, Smith JH, Nutting EF, Saunders FJ. J Environ Pathol Toxicol. 1980 Jun-Jul;3(5-6):375-86.
Absence of developmental effects in CF-1 mice exposed to aspartame in utero. McAnulty PA, Collier MJ, Enticott J, Tesh JM, Mayhew DA, Comer CP, Hjelle JJ, Kotsonis FN. Fundam Appl Toxicol. 1989 Aug;13(2):296-302.
Research area: Safety
Acceptable daily intake vs actual intake: the aspartame example. Butchko HH, Kotsonis FN. J Am Coll Nutr. 1991 Jun;10(3):258-66.
Aspartame: scientific evaluation in the postmarketing period. Butchko HH, Stargel WW. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2001 Dec;34(3):221-33.
Postmarketing surveillance of food additives. Butchko HH, Tschanz C, Kotsonis FN. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 1994 Aug;20(1 Pt 1):105-18.
Aspartame: review of safety. Butchko HH et al. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2002 Apr;35(2 Pt 2):S1-93.
Use of aspartame by apparently healthy children and adolescents. Frey GH. J Toxicol Environ Health. 1976 Nov;2(2):401-15.
Aspartame intolerance. Garriga MM, Metcalfe DD. Ann Allergy. 1988 Dec;61(6 Pt 2):63-9.
Non-nutritive Intense Sweeteners in Diabetes Management. Gougeon R, Spidel M, Lee K, Field CJ Canadian Journal Of Diabetes. 2004;28(4):385-399.
Aspartame. Review of safety issues. Council on Scientific Affairs. [No authors listed] JAMA. 1985 Jul 19;254(3):400-2.
Safety of long-term large doses of aspartame. Leon AS, Hunninghake DB, Bell C, Rassin DK, Tephly TR. Arch Intern Med. 1989 Oct;149(10):2318-24.
Acceptable daily intake and the regulation of intense sweeteners. Renwick AG. Food Addit Contam. 1990 Jul-Aug;7(4):463-75.
Clinical safety of aspartame. Yost DA. Am Fam Physician. 1989 Feb;39(2):201-6.
Aspartame: A Safety Evaluation Based on Current Use Levels, Regulations, and Toxicological and Epidemiological Studies Magnuson BA et al. Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 37:629-727.
Artificial sweeteners and cancer risk in a network of case-control studies Gallus S et al. Annals of Oncology, January 2007 18(1):40-44.
Research area: Seizure
Aspartame fails to facilitate pentylenetetrazol-induced convulsions in CD-1 mice. Dailey JW, Lasley SM, Mishra PK, Bettendorf AF, Burger RL, Jobe PC. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1989 May;98(3):475-86.
Amino acids, monoamines and audiogenic seizures in genetically epilepsy-prone rats: effects of aspartame. Dailey JW, Lasley SM, Burger RL, Bettendorf AF, Mishra PK, Jobe PC. Epilepsy Res. 1991 Mar;8(2):122-33.
Interspecies and interstrain studies on the increased susceptibility to metrazol-induced convulsions in animals given aspartame. Diomede L, Romano M, Guiso G, Caccia S, Nava S, Salmona M. Food Chem Toxicol. 1991 Feb;29(2):101-6.
Effect of aspartame on seizures in various models of experimental epilepsy. Guiso G, Caccia S, Vezzani A, Stasi MA, Salmona M, Romano M, Garattini S. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1988 Dec;96(3):485-93.
Lack of effect of aspartame or of L-phenylalanine on photically induced myoclonus in the baboon, Papio papio. Meldrum BS, Nanji N, Cornell RG. Epilepsy Res. 1989 Jul-Aug;4(1):1-7.
Aspartame and seizure susceptibility: results of a clinical study in reportedly sensitive individuals. Rowan AJ, Shaywitz BA, Tuchman L, French JA, Luciano D, Sullivan CM. Epilepsia. 1995 Mar;36(3):270-5.
Pharmacological effects of phenylalanine on seizure susceptibility: an overview. Sze PY. Neurochem Res. 1989 Feb;14(2):103-11.
Oral administration of aspartame is not proconvulsant in rats. Tilson HA, Thai L, Zhao D, Sobotka TJ, Hong JS. Neurotoxicology. 1989 Summer;10(2):229-38.
An analysis of FDA passive surveillance reports of seizures associated with consumption of aspartame. Tollefson L, Barnard RJ. J Am Diet Assoc. 1992 May;92(5):598-601.
Neuropsychological and biochemical investigations in heterozygotes for phenylketonuria during ingestion of high dose aspartame (a sweetener containing phenylalanine). Trefz F, de Sonneville L, Matthis P, Benninger C, Lanz-Englert B, Bickel H. Hum Genet. 1994 Apr;93(4):369-74.
Aspartame and phenylalanine do not enhance theophylline-induced seizures in rats. Zhi JQ, Levy G. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol. 1989 Oct;66(1):171-4.
 
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