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Identifying novel phenotypes of vulnerability and resistance to activity-based anorexia in adolescent female rats.
The International journal of eating disorders - 1 Nov 2013
Barbarich-Marsteller Nicole C, Underwood Mark D, Foltin Richard W, Myers Michael M, Walsh B Timothy, Barrett Jeffrey S, Marsteller Douglas A
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OBJECTIVE: Activity-based anorexia is a translational rodent model that results in severe weight loss, hyperactivity, and voluntary self-starvation. The goal of our investigation was to identify vulnerable and resistant phenotypes of activity-based anorexia in adolescent female rats. METHOD: Sprague-Dawley rats were maintained under conditions of restricted access to food (N = 64; or unlimited access, N = 16)...
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