“…Therefore, the actions of NS CCK-8, possibly including reduction of food intake, may be peripheral/local i.e., gastrointestinal. Others (Calingasan et al, 1992;Cox et al, 1996;Smith et al, 1988) and we (Mhalhal et al, 2017b;Newman et al, 2017;Sayegh et al, 2015;Washington et al, 2016b) have shown that the gastrointestinal tract is a potential site of action for reduction of food intake by S CCK-8, GRP-29 and GLP-1, (Mhalhal et al, 2017a(Mhalhal et al, , 2018Washington et al, 2014), because intra-arterial infusions of S CCK-8 (0.05 nmol/kg) in the cranial mesenteric artery, which supplies the small intestine, but not ip injections, reduced food intake (Mhalhal et al, 2017a,b;Sayegh et al, 2015;Washington et al, 2016a,b). In addition, interrupting the enteric neurons utilizing a duodenal myotomy procedure also attenuated reduction of food intake by the same peptide (Lateef et al, 2012).…”