The Vagotomy Alleviates the Anorectic Effect of an Excess Amount of Dietary Leucine on Rats Fed a Low-Protein Diet

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It is well known that large dose of leucine reduces the food intake and causes growth retardation in experimental animals when leucine is given with a low-protein diet. However, the mechanism for the anorectic effect of leucine has not yet been clarified. We demonstrate here that the anorectic effect of leucine was significantly reduced in a vagotomized rat.