Abstract
The synthesis of melanin-concentrating hormone [MCH] in the ventromedial pre-optic area [MPOAvm] increases intensely around the 19th day of lactation of rats. The role of this activation has not yet been fully uncovered, and its function is largely unknown in maternal physiology. MCH is produced by processing the precursor preproMCH [ppMCH], which encodes two other neuropeptides, the NEI …