Table 1.

Total calories consumed in 4 h (cal/kg/4 h) by the SP and BEP groups after infusion of a selective MC4-R agonist (0.75 μg or 1.5 μg) or isotonic saline into the NAc. Mean ± SEM.

	BEP group	SP group
MC4-R agonist
Saline	73.31 ± 7.99	60.76 ± 6.47
0.75 μg	26.47 ± 4.27a	25.32 ± 6.44a
1.5 μg	23.24 ± 4.39a	19.67 ± 1.04a

^ap < 0.05 with respect to saline control.