Expression of gastrointestinal nesfatin-1 and gastric emptying in ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus- and ventrolateral hypothalamic nucleus-lesioned rats

Table 1 Daily food intake and cumulative body weight gain on days 3, 7, 14, and 21 post ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus and ventrolateral hypothalamic nucleus lesioning in rats

	Daily food intake (g)				Body weight gain (g)
	Day 3	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 3	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21
VMH	33.46 ± 1.96	35.85 ± 1.88	33.42 ± 1.25	36.21 ± 1.51	35.02 ± 3.46	70.07 ± 3.51	118.72 ± 3.23	184.36 ± 4.28
Sham 1	24.71 ± 1.89b	26.39 ± 0.82b	27.73 ± 0.95b	25.26 ± 1.76b	8.14 ± 3.47b	31.40 ± 2.48b	68.57 ± 2.31b	111.02 ± 3.34b
VLH	8.50 ± 1.20	16.16 ± 0.83	17.44 ± 1.54	17.25 ± 1.20	0.58 ± 1.08	18.35 ± 1.15	45.05 ± 2.58	66.43 ± 2.34
Sham 2	26.31 ± 0.86b	29.06 ± 1.69b	29.30 ± 0.51b	26.89 ± 1.01b	18.57 ± 2.44d	37.54 ± 2.48d	81.80 ± 2.29d	116.72 ± 3.25d

The values are mean ± SE (n = 6 rats per group).

^bP < 0.01 vs sham-operated rats;

^dP < 0.01 vs sham-operated rats. VLH: Ventrolateral nucleus; VMH: Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus.