“…Somatostatin is a multifunctional neuropeptide produced by the periventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, the ARC, and other neuronal populations (Guillemin and Gerich, 1976). It binds to receptors located in various brain nuclei involved in feeding regulation, notably the ARC, and it regulates food intake in various mammalian species (Lotter et al, 1981;Danguir, 1988;Fehlmann et al, 2000;Stengel et al, 2010Stengel et al, , 2015. Interestingly, independent studies have reported that Kp (Revel et al, 2006a;Smith et al, 2008), RFRP-3 (Revel et al, 2008;Smith et al, 2008), NPY (Lakhdar-Ghazal et al, 1995Reuss and Olcese, 1995;Skinner and Herbison, 1997), b-endorphin (Roberts et al, 1985;Ebling and Lincoln, 1987), and somatostatin (Webb et al, 1985;Herwig et al, 2012;Klosen et al, 2013;Dumbell et al, 2015) display significant variations in the brain of different mammalian species placed in artificial long or short photoperiods.…”