Figure 1:
Pharmacological activation of ACBsh MCH1R promotes feeding in a sex-specific manner. A representative ACBsh injection site is shown as localization of pontamine sky blue ink following a 100 nl injection (a). Direct activation of MCH1R in the ACBsh MCH significantly increased cumulative dark cycle chow intake (b), light cycle chow intake (c), and light cycle sucrose intake (d) in male rats. ACBsh MCH did not affect food intake during the same feeding tests in female rats (e-g). Data are mean ± SEM; *p < 0.05 vs vehicle treatment.