Table 1.

Effect of Lateral Ventricle (LV) Injection of Murine Ucn 3 on Meal Microstructure of Male Rats

	Time bin (h)
Microstructure parameter	1–2	3–4
Meal frequency, no. of meals
0 μg	2.1±0.4	2.5±0.3
0.2 μg	2.1±0.4	1.4±0.3*
1.0 μg	1.8±0.2	1.4±0.2**
5.0 μg	2.9±0.4	1.6±0.3*
Average meal size
Food, g
0 μg	1.7±0.3	2.0±0.3
0.2 μg	1.7±0.3	2.1±0.2
1.0 μg	2.0±0.4	1.5±0.2
5.0 μg	1.8±0.3	1.3±0.1*
Water, ml
0 μg	1.6±0.6	1.3±0.3
0.2 μg	1.0±0.5	0.9±0.4
1.0 μg	1.9±0.6	0.9±0.4
5.0 μg	1.0±0.3	1.6±0.5
Within-meal ingestion rate
Eating, mg/s
0 μg	6.2±0.4	6.1±0.3
0.2 μg	6.3±0.3	6.3±0.4
1.0 μg	5.0±0.3*	5.9±0.4
5.0 μg	4.1±0.3**	6.0±0.5
Drinking, μl/s
0 μg	9.7±2.1	9.1±2.4
0.2 μg	10.8±2.5	11.2±2.2
1.0 μg	9.4±1.8	10.5±2.4
5.0 μg	9.0±2.5	6.9±1.0

Asterisks indicate significant differences from vehicle condition,

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01.