… food intake when on a high-energy diet, similar to the rats feed a chow diet. Interestingly, in
this study, obesity-resistant rats on the high-energy diet reduced neither their food intake nor …

… the food intake and body weight between adult (12-weeks old) WT and α7nAChR −/− mice
under normal chow diet; however, we did not find any differences in food intake (Fig. 2A) and …

Most animal models of obesity and hyperinsulinemia are associated with increased vagal
cholinergic activity. The M 3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype is widely expressed in …

Background: There are five types of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs), … receptors
have been generated. Objective: To understand some processes in which these receptors …

… central effects on food intake can be interrupted by nicotine acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) …
in ghrelin-induced food intake as well as fasting-induced food intake, for which endogenous …

… that increased Acb acetylcholine receptor activation (or “tone”) is rewarding, and that
acetylcholine is necessary for food-reinforced learning and normal food intake (see above). …

… (M3R -/- mice) display a significant decrease in food intake, … leading to an increase in food
intake 4,5 , are significantly … involves M3-receptor-mediated facilitation of food intake at a …

… of ACh. The post-synaptic alteration of TOH activity suggests that the level of ACh also
regulates the concentration of ACh receptors (AChR). To produce large differences in brain ACh, …

… Immunohistochemical localization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in the
mesencephalon and diencephalon of the chick (Gallus gallus). J Comp Neurol 317:325–340. …

… but by anticipation of food intake. This suggests the involvement … decreases food intake
through nicotinic ACh receptor-… that mice lacking the M 3 muscarinic ACh receptor (M 3 R –/– mice…