Fig. 3.

Mean and standard error of the mean for (A) the percent of RFamide-Related Peptide-3-immunoreactive (RFRP-3-Ir) cells labeled with Fos-like Immunoreactivity (Fos-Ir), (B) the amount of food hoarded in 90 min, (C) male preference (amount of time spent with males minus the time spent with food) divided by the total time across the 4-day estrous cycle in female Syrian hamsters either fed ad libitum or food-restricted to 75% of their ad libitum intake for 8 days. Tissue was collected from groups representing every day of the 4-day estrous cycle. *Significantly different from ad libitum at P < 0.05 (Adapted from Benton et al. 2017 and Klingerman et al. 2010).