Effects of neonatal overfeeding on the ghrelin pituitary signalling long-term.

A) Neonatal pituitary growth hormone secretagogue receptor (Ghsr); n = 8 CL P7, CL P14, 7 SL P7, 6 SL P14, and B) pituitary ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT; Mboat4) mRNA expression; n = 7 CL P7, SL P7, CL P14, 6 SL P14. C) Adult pituitary Ghsr and D) pituitary Mboat4 mRNA expression in control (CL) and neonatally overfed (SL) rats; n = 6 CL, 8 SL. Data are mean + SEM. * p < 0.05. Post hoc and t-test differences between the groups are indicated by joining lines and *.