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Food Restriction and Reward in Rats

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Fig. 1. Illustrative LHSS rate-frequency curve indicating the defining parameters: asymptotic or maximum reinforcement rate (reinforcements per minute), and the M-50 and theta-0 reward thresholds in pulses per second (pps)….

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Anorexia and Drugs of Abuse Abnormally Suppress Appetite, the Result of a Shared Molecular Signal Foul-Up

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Fig.1. Schematic representation of 5-HT receptor subtypes present in brain regions involved in feeding behavior. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in humans are extremely complex compared to the “simplicity” of…

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Activity-Based Anorexia in the Rat

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Fig. 1. Features of anorexia nervosa and activity-based anorexia. Reproduced, with permission, from (15). 2 Materials and Procedures 2.1 Materials Induction of the activity-based anorexia model requires access to a…

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