Aβ	β-amyloid protein
ACTH	Adrenocorticotropin
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
Akt	Protein kinase B
AP	Area postrema
APP	Amyloid precursor protein
BAT	Brown adipose tissue
β-hArg	beta-homoarginine
C	Cerebral cortex
CC	Corpus callosum
CE	Cerebellum
CCK	Cholecystokinin
CD	Circular dichroism
CHO	Chinese hamster ovary
Cha	Cyclohexylalanine
CREB	cAMP response element-binding protein
CRH	Corticotropin-releasing hormone
Cys(Bzl)	Boc-S-benzyl-l-cysteine
DIO	Diet-induced obese
DMN	Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GIR	Receptor induced by glucocorticoids
Glu(Obzl)	Boc-l-glutamic acid 1-benzyl ester
GLP-1	Glucagon-like peptide 1
GPCR	G-protein coupled receptor
GPR10	Receptor for prolactin-releasing peptide (known as hGR3 or rat ortholog UHR-1)
hArg	Homoarginine
HB	Hindbrain
HIPP	Hippocampus
His(Bzl)	Nα-Fmoc-N(im)-benzyl-l-histidine
HPA	Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
HYP	Hypothalamus
Iba1	Ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1
ICV	Intracerebroventricular
JNK	C-Jun N-terminal protein kinase
KO	Knockout
LHA	Lateral hypothalamic area
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
ME	Medulla oblongata
MEG-FA	Multiple ethylene glycol-fatty acid
MIB	Midbrain
MSG	Monosodium glutamate
myr	Myristic acid
NAc	Nucleus accumbens
1-Nal	1-napthylalanine
2-Nal	2-napthylalanine
Nle	Norleucine
Nme-Arg	N-methylarginine
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
NPAF	Neuropeptide AF
NPFF	Neuropeptide FF
NPFF-R2	Receptor 2 for neuropeptide FF (known as GPR74 or HLWAR77)
NPY	Neuropeptide Y
NPY-1R	Neuropeptide Y receptor 1
NTS	Nucleus of the solitary tract
OF	Olfactory bulb
OLETF	Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty
palm	Palmitic acid
P	Pituitary
PB	Parabrachial nucleus
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PEVN	Periventricular hypothalamic nucleus
PheCl2	(3,4-dichlor)phenylalanine
PheF5	pentafluoro-phenylalanine
PheNO2	(4-nitro)phenylalanine
Phg	Phenylglycine
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase-protein kinase
PI3K-Akt-mTOR	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase-protein kinase B/Akt-mammalian target of rapamycin
PKA	Protein kinase A
PKC	Protein kinase C
PrRP	Prolactin-releasing peptide
PVN	Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus
PS1	Presenilin 1
PTX	Pertussis toxin
RT	Reticular nucleus of the thalamus
SAR	Structure-activity relationship
SC	Subcutaneous
SHR	Spontaneously hypertensive rats
SHROB	Spontaneously hypertensive obese rats
SLM	Stratum lacunosum-moleculare
SON	Supraoptic nucleus
TH	Thalamus
TTDS	1,13-diamino-4,7,10-trioxadecan-succinamic acid
UCP-1	Uncoupling-protein 1
UHR-1	Rat ortholog of GPR10
VMN	Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus
VRT	Ventrolateral reticular nucleus of the thalamus
WKY	Wistar Kyoto
WT	Wild-type
ZDF	Zucker diabetic fatty
7TM	Seven-transmembrane-domain receptor