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The central melanocortin system regulates food intake in goldfish.

Cerdá-Reverter JM, Schiöth HB, Peter RE

Regulatory peptides1 Sept 2003Cited by 122 (Europe PMC)

PMID12972325 (opens in a new tab)DOI10.1016/s0167-0115(03)00144-7 (opens in a new tab)PepBankPUB-12972325
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  1. 01AnimalAnimal study (in vivo)Efficacy outcome

    In goldfish, intracerebroventricular NDP-alpha-MSH, a universal melanocortin agonist, dose-dependently inhibited food intake 2 h after treatment.

    In plain wordsIn goldfish, NDP-alpha-MSH given into the brain reduced food intake in a dose-dependent way.

    Peptide
    Melanotan I (afamelanotide)
    Outcome
    DecreaseFood intake 2 h after treatment
    Study

    goldfishn: not reported in source

    in vivo, whole animal
    Outcome group
    Appetite and food intake · Metabolic and weight
    Studied dose
    nanomolar range · intracerebroventricularAs given in this study (goldfish).

    Source sentences

    Summary
    Intracerebroventricular administration of [Nle(4), D-Phe(7)]-alpha-MSH (NDP-alpha-MSH), a universal melanocortin agonist, within nanomolar range, dose-dependently inhibited food intake 2 h after treatment.
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    We studied the involvement of the central melanocortin system in the control of food intake in the goldfish.

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  1. Version 2Current

    13 Oct 2026, 21:44 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    13 Oct 2026, 16:31 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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