Abstract Knowledge of specific neurotransmitters as well as the pathways and mechanisms
regulating appetite in ruminants that continually graze, such as sheep, is incomplete …

During lactation, the levels of neuropeptide Y (NPY), which plays an important role in
mediating food intake, are significantly elevated in a number of hypothalamic areas …

The hypothalamic melanocortin system regulates feeding in part through interaction of the
appetite stimulating peptide, agouti‐related protein (AGRP), and the anorectic peptide, α …

The central melanocortin system is conserved across vertebrates. However, in birds, little is
known about how energy balance influences orexigenic agouti‐related protein (AGRP) and …

The obesity epidemic is a major health and economic burden facing both developed and
developing countries worldwide. Interrogation of the central and peripheral mechanisms …

As part of their natural lives, animals can undergo periods of voluntarily reduced food intake
and body weight (ie animal anorexias) that are beneficial for survival or breeding, such as …

Agouti-related protein (AgRP) is coexpressed with neuropeptide Y (NPY) in a population of
neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) of the hypothalamus and stimulates food intake for up …

The melanocortin receptor (MC3-R and MC4-R) antagonist, agouti-related protein (AGRP),
is a potent stimulant of food intake. We examined the effect of chronic intracerebroventricular …

Because α-MSH has a potent stimulatory action on hypophysiotropic TRH synthesizing
neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), preventing the effects of fasting …

Hypothalamic neurons that express agouti-related protein (AgRP) and neuropeptide Y
(NPY) are thought to be important for regulation of feeding, especially under conditions of …