In steers, intracerebroventricular oxytocin at 5 and 50 μg did not reduce feed intake.
In plain wordsIn steers, oxytocin given into the brain did not reduce feed intake.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- No significant changeFeed intake
- Study
steer (cattle)n = 6
Steers with implanted third-ventricle cannula- Outcome group
- Appetite and food intake · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 5 and 50 μg · intracerebroventricularAs given in this study (steer (cattle)).
Source sentences
Neither ICV oxytocin (5 and 50 μg) nor PrRP (2 and 20 nmol) reduced feed intake (n=6).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Thirty minutes before the onset of feeding, the treatment solution was injected into the third ventricle through an implanted cannula, and feeding-related behaviors were observed for 1 h after the onset of feeding.