Table 3.

Levels of (ng/mg) dopamine (DA), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA) in the cortex, hippocampus and hypothalamus of brain after a 3 week low-fat (LFD) or high-fat (HFD) diet feeding

	Cortex
Diet	DA	DOPAC	HVA
LFD	0.57 ± 0.15	0.11 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.03
HFD	0.29 ± 0.07	0.08 ± 0.01	0.11 ± 0.01
	Hippocampus
Diet	DA	DOPAC	HVA
LFD	0.47 ± 0.17	0.10 ± 0.04	0.28 ± 0.10
HFD	0.45 ± 0.08	0.06 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.04
	Hypothalamus
Diet	DA	DOPAC	HVA
LFD	2.75 ± 0.56	0.88 ± 0.14	1.25 ± 0.17
HFD	2.89 ± 0.26	1.04 ± 0.06	1.36 ± 0.11

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM, n=6–8 per group.