The Notion That Normal Food Intake Is Controlled by NPY

question 124

Multiple Choice

The notion that normal food intake is controlled by NPY is supported by the observation that

• A) NPY strongly inhibits drinking.
• B) NPY antagonists block the capacity of lithium chloride to induce taste aversion.
• C) NPY levels are constant across the day-night cycle.
• D) intra-hypothalamic injection of an NPY antagonist blocks the capacity of food deprivation to induce eating.
• E) food deprivation does not alter the levels of NPY in the brain.

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