behavior/neurological
polyphagia
(
J:129742
)
• daily food intake and re-feeding in response to overnight feeding are increased
• however, administration of 10 ug/100 g of body weight PYY3-36 is decreased food intake to wild-type levels
• mice are resistant to satiating and weight-reducing effects of high-protein diets
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homeostasis/metabolism
• mice are 10 times more sensitive to PYY3-36 compared to wild-type mice
• mice lose 20% of their total body weight after 15 days of treatment with PYY3-36 where as wild-type mice do not experience weight loss but withdrawal of treatment results in mice regaining 60% of the weight they had lost
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adipose tissue
• total fat content is increased 237+/-40%
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• subcutaneous and internal fat is increased
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growth/size/body