Table 1.

Summary of the effects of nLOT and sham lesions on body weights, fat mass, leptin and testosterone levels

	Control	Sham	nLOT lesion
Body weight (g)
Day of surgery	375 (4)	361 (4)	361 (6)
End of experiment	435 (4)*	401 (5)*	404 (8)*
Fat mass (% bw)	4.1 (0.1)	2.9 (0.1)#	3.2 (0.1)#
Leptin (ng/mL)	5.3 (0.09)	4.3 (0.09)#	4.4 (0.06)#
Testosterone (ng/mL)	2.1 (0.28)	1.9 (0.26)	2.5 (0.23)

Values are expressed as mean (SEM)

* p < 0.001 compared with initial body weight of the respective group

^# p < 0.001 compared with control rats