Table 1.

Effects of rAAV-NPY injections in the PVN or LH on food intake in the light and dark phase

	Food intake (g)
		PVN-contr	PVN-NPY	LH-contr	LH-NPY
Day 21	Light	3.8 ± 0.7	12.4 ± 1.6^**	5.4 ± 0.2	15.3 ± 3.2^**
	Dark	17.6 ± 0.7^##	18.3 ± 0.9^##	13.7 ± 0.7^##	20.2 ± 2.1
Day 48	Light	5.4 ± 0.5	9.3 ± 0.3^*	6.1 ± 0.9	12.6 ± 2.0^*
	Dark	16.6 ± 0.9^##	14.2 ± 0.7^##	13.5 ± 0.4^##	13.8 ± 1.8

↵*p < 0.05 and
↵**p < 0.01 versus control group;
↵^##p < 0.01 versus light period within groups.