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Increased hypothalamic neuropeptide Y expression in deprived preweanling rats is reversed by intragastric infusion of milk.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Mar 2002
Kowalski Timothy J, Ster Andrea M, Smith Gerard P
Abstract excerpt
Lean, preweanling Zucker rat pups increase neuropeptide Y (NPY) expression in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus in response to a 24-h deprivation of food, water, and maternal interaction as early as postnatal day 2 (P2). In this study, we examined if replacing nutritive or tactile aspects of maternal behavior to deprived rat pups could block the increased expression of hypothalamic NPY measured by in situ...
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