The feeding microstructure of male and female mice
Fig 8
Meal frequency and intermeal interval changes in responses to fasting and re-feeding in social mice.
A-C. Meal frequency (counts/mouse) recorded at the indicated time-points during re-feeding in 16hs fasted male and female mice of 10w (A), 20w (B) and 30w (C) of age [n = 10, *p<0.05 sex; ●p<0.05 vs. baseline, F(35,366) = 2.57, p<0.001]. D-F. The mean intermeal interval (min) calculated as the time difference between the moment a meal is initiated and the time at which the previous meal has ended was recorded at the indicated time-points during re-feeding of 16hs fasted male and female mice of the indicated ages [10w (A), 20w (B) and 30w (C), n = 10, *p<0.05 sex; ●p<0.05 vs. baseline, F(28,305) = 1.329, p = 0.128]. Results represent mean values ± SEM relative to baseline (dashed lines) i.e., mean daily number of meals per mouse and IMI during the fed state.