Environmental enrichment and cafeteria diet attenuate the response to chronic variable stress in rats

Exposure to an enriched environment (EE) or the intake of a highly palatable diet may reduce the response to chronic stress in rodents. To further explore the relationships between EE, dietary intake and stress, male Sprague–Dawley rats were fed one of two diets for 5 weeks: high carbohydrate (HC) or “cafeteria” (CAF) (Standard HC plus […]