Research Article

Insulin Detemir Causes Lesser Weight Gain in Comparison to Insulin Glargine: Role on Hypothalamic NPY and Galanin

Table 4

The relative amount of NPY mRNA and protein ().

NC group DM group DM + DE group DM + GLA group

NPY mRNA/-actin0.4 ± 0.31.8 ± 0.50.8 ± 0.51.3 ± 1.0▲▪
NPY protein/GAPDH0.6 ± 0.21.6 ± 0.20.8 ± 0.11.0 ± 0.2△▪

Note: compared with DM group, means and means ; compared with DE group, means .