Table 5.

Comparison of the effects observed after injection of AAV-NPY in the PVN and LH

	Day 21		Day 48
	PVN	LH	PVN	LH
Body weight gain	↑	↑	⇆	↑
Fat %			↑	↑
Food intake	↑	↑	⇆	↑
Meal size	⇆	↑	⇆	↑
Meal frequency	↑	⇆	⇆	⇆
Water intake	↑	⇆	⇆	⇆
Body temperature	l↑, d↓	l↑, d↓	d↓	d↓
Locomotor act	d↓	↓	d↓	d↓
Body temperature rhythm	↓	↓	↓	↓
Feeding rhythm	⇆	↓	⇆	↓
Plasma glucose			↑	⇆
HPA axis			↑	⇆

l, Light phase; d, dark phase.