Additive effects of lactation and food restriction to increase hypothalamic neuropeptide Y mRNA in rats

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Abstract
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is the most powerful appetite stimulant known, and rates of synthesis and release in the hypothalamus correlate closely with nutritional status. Pregnancy and lactation provide an excellent model of physiological hyperphagia. In this study the authors measured food intake, plasma glucose, insulin and luteinizing hormone (LH) and hypothalamic NPY mRNA in rats during pregnancy and in early and late lactation. The effect of food restriction (to 80% of control) during lactation was also studied. Pregnancy resulted in a modest increase in daily food intake over non-lactating controls (controls: 15·6±0·6 g, pregnant: 19·8±1·1 g, PPPPPJournal of Endocrinology (1997) 152, 365–369

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