homeostasis/metabolism
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• mice exhibit no body weight phenotype on either normal chow diet or high-energy diet, normal spontaneous 24-hour and fast-induced re-feeding, no obvious differences in food intake or glucose handling, no evidence of abnormal bone development, and no differences in locomotor activity during both daytime and night-time phases
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• intracerebroventricular administration of a 43-amino acid RFamide, pyroglutamylated arginine-phenylamine-amide peptide (QRFP) does not increase food intake or activity as seen in wild-type mice
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