Early handling reduces vulnerability of rats to activity-based anorexia

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 520-527

  Carrera, O ^a   Gutierrez E ^a   Boakes, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity based anorexia; Early experience; Handling; Restricted feeding; Stress; Vulnerability; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TREADMILL; WATER DEPRIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT LOSS;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33750321070     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20175     Document Type: Article

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