INTRAVENTRICULAR NEUROPEPTIDE-Y DOES NOT STIMULATE FOOD-INTAKE IN THEBABOON

Authors
SIPOLS AJ FIGLEWICZ DP SEELEY RJ CHAVEZ M WOODS SC PORTE D
Citation
Aj. Sipols et al., INTRAVENTRICULAR NEUROPEPTIDE-Y DOES NOT STIMULATE FOOD-INTAKE IN THEBABOON, Physiology & behavior, 60(3), 1996, pp. 717-719
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological","Behavioral Sciences",Physiology
Journal title
Physiology & behavior → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319384
Volume
60
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
717 - 719
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9384(1996)60:3<717:INDNSF>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
In the present study, we examined the ability of the orexigenic peptid e neuropeptide Y (NPY) to stimulate feeding when administered into the lateral ventricle of baboons. No increase of either meal size or tota l daily food intake was observed over the dose range tested (1-30 mu g ) These results suggest that, in the baboon, NPY may not be an orexige n as it is in other species.