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Differential stress responsivity in diet-induced obese and resistant rats.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology - 1 Oct 2000
Levin B E, Richard D, Michel C, Servatius R
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between stress and obesity was assessed in male rats selectively bred to develop either diet-induced obesity (DIO) or diet resistance (DR) when fed a high-energy, 31% fat diet for 3 wk followed by 2 wk on a hyperphagic liquid diet (Ensure). One-half of the rats of each phenotype were subjected to moderate daily, unpredictable stress (cage changing, exposure to conspecific, swim, and...
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