Central administration of neuropeptide Y differentially regulates monoamines and corticosterone in heat-exposed fed and fasted chicks

This study was conducted to investigate whether centrally administered NPY affects food intake, rectal temperature, monoamines, stress hormones and plasma metabolites in chicks under high ambient temperatures (HT). Five or six-day-old chicks were centrally injected with 0, 188 or 375pmol of NPY and exposed to either HT (35 ±1°C) or a control thermoneutral temperature (CT; 30±1°C) for 3h whilst fed or fasted.

Source: Neuropeptides - December 4, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Mohammad A. Bahry, Vishwajit S. Chowdhury, Hui Yang, Phuong V. Tran, Phong H. Do, Guofeng Han, Hiromi Ikeda, John F. Cockrem, Mitsuhiro Furuse Source Type: research