“…Changes in food intake and energy balance are dependent on the actions of neurotransmitters and hormones, such as dopamine, PRL, leptin and insulin (Moore et al, 1986;Leinninger et al, 2009;Volkow et al, 2011;Chong et al, 2015). Besides, thyroid hormones exert important role in thermogenesis (Pétervári et al, 2005;Silva, 2011). All these hormones are influenced by dopamine (Kaptein et al, 1980;Gonzalez-Iglesias et al, 2008;Ustione and Piston, 2012;Alvarez-Aguilar et al, 2013), so it is plausible that improper neonatal dopaminergic stimulation may permanently alter some of these hormones parameters, explaining the observed changes in food consumption and metabolism.…”