Table 1.

Primer details for quantitative real-time PCR.

Primer name	NCBI reference sequence	TaqMan assay ID	Product size
Actb	NM_031144.2	4352340E	91
Lepr	NM_012596	Rn01433205_ml	94
Npy	NM_012614.2	Rn00561681_m1	63
Agrp	NM_033650.1	Rn01431703_g1	67
Pomc	NM_139326.2	Rn00595020_m1	92