ICV leptin administration suppressed the hyperphagia and body mass gain of fattening Daurian ground squirrel.
Hypothalamic NPY and AgRP would be involved in this leptin-mediated decrease of food intake in fattening squirrels.
As an adipose signal, elevated leptin level fails to induce fattening squirrels to enter into hibernation.
UCP1 in BAT, the crucial thermogenesis protein for mammals, was not regulated by the variation of leptin in Daurian ground squirrel.