Central visfatin causes orexigenic effects in chicks
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Identification of Orexin and Endocannabinoid Receptors in Adult Zebrafish Using Immunoperoxidase and Immunofluorescence Methods
Published on: June 25, 2019
Mark A Cline1, Wint Nandar, Brian C Prall
1Department of Biology (6931), Radford University, Radford, VA 24142, USA. mcline@radford.edu
Abstract:
Intracerebroventricular injection of visfatin caused increased feed intake and pecking efficiency, but did not affect water intake in chicks. Visfatin-treated chicks had increased c-Fos immunoreactivity in the lateral hypothalamus, decreased reactivity in the ventromedial hypothalamus and the dorsomedial hypothalamus, infundibular nucleus, periventricular nucleus, paraventricular nucleus were not affected. A low dose of visfatin increased locomotion. We conclude that intracerebroventricular injection of visfatin causes orexigenic effects in chicks.
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