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Neuropeptide Y: behavioral effects in the golden hamster.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3247255     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is found abundantly in nervous tissues of vertebrate species including the golden hamster. Centrally-administered NPY has been reported to elicit ingestive behaviors in the rat, squirrel, pig, mouse, and chick. To assess NPY's behavioral effects in a New World rodent that does not increase food intake after deprivation, NPY was injected intracerebroventricularly (10.0-0.04 micrograms/5 microliter) in home-caged golden hamsters with ad lib access to food, water and 5% w/v ethanol solution. Food and fluid intakes, and behavior displays were monitored after NPY injection. NPY promptly increased short-term food intake and observed feeding behaviors at 10.0, 3.3, 1.1, and 0.37 micrograms NPY, but there was no effect on 24 hr food intake. Water and ethanol intakes were increased only at 10.0 and 0.37 micrograms NPY, respectively. Resting behaviors decreased at NPY doses that increased feeding, but there were no consistent effects of NPY on any other category of behavior. Results demonstrate that NPY potently stimulates short-term food intake and decreases resting behavior in the golden hamster. The lack of compensatory food intake in deprived hamsters cannot be explained as an insensitivity to the putative orexigenic function of endogenous neuropeptide Y.
Authors:
P J Kulkosky; G W Glazner; H D Moore; C A Low; S C Woods
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Peptides     Volume:  9     ISSN:  0196-9781     ISO Abbreviation:  Peptides     Publication Date:    1988 Nov-Dec
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-06-20     Completed Date:  1989-06-20     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8008690     Medline TA:  Peptides     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1389-93     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo 81001.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Alcohol Drinking / drug effects
Animals
Behavior, Animal / drug effects*
Cricetinae
Drinking Behavior / drug effects
Feeding Behavior / drug effects
Female
Grooming / drug effects
Mesocricetus
Motor Activity / drug effects
Neuropeptide Y / pharmacology*
Reference Values
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
RR-08197/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Neuropeptide Y

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