Table 1.

Body weight and food intake of saline‐ and NPY‐treated rats at each time point of treatment and behavioral testing. n = 5 animals/group. Values are expressed in grams

Time	Body weight		Food intake
	Saline	NPY	Saline	NPY
1st day (Forced swim pretest + 1st injection)	272 ± 9.87	271.54 ± 11.2	–	–
2nd day (2nd injection)	271 ± 10.2	273.44 ± 11.7	25 ± 0.34	27 ± 1.76
3rd day (3rd injection + Forced swim test)	276 ± 10.6	277.48 ± 12.9	24 ± 0.31	24 ± 1.56
4th day (sacrifice)	277 ± 10.1	279.02 ± 12.9	22. ± 0.75	24 ± 1.92

Data are shown as the mean ± standard error.