Article: Exercise suppresses NPY in hypothalamus of food-deprived rats.

2004 JUL 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Treadmill exercise suppresses neuropeptide Y (NPY) expression in the hypothalamus of food-deprived rats

"Exercise has been known to potentially affect food intake. Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a 36-amino-acid peptide and concentrated in the hypothalamus, which is an appetite-regulating area. NPY is known to stimulate appetite and decrease energy expenditure. In the present study, the effect of treadmill running on the NPY expression in the hypothalamus of food-deprived rats was investigated using immunohistochemistry," investigators in South Korea report.

"Enhanced NPY expression in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) ...

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