“…In the arcuate nucleus, NPY acts to increase food intake and fat storage (Joly-Amado et al, 2014). OX, present as both A and B isoforms, promotes food intake and wakefulness (De la Herrán-Arita, Equihua-Benítez, & Drucker-Colín, 2015;Ohno & Sakurai, 2008;Teske, Billington, & Kotz, 2010;Thompson & Borgland, 2011) as well as thermogenesis (Morrison, Madden, & Tupone, 2014;Tupone, Madden, Cano, & Morrison, 2011).…”