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 […]
Metabolic consequences of chronic intermittent mild stress exposure
Chronic stress in humans has divergent effects on food intake, with some individuals reporting increased vs. decreased food intake during stress. This divergence may depend in part on stress intensity, with higher-intensity stressors preferentially promoting anorexia. Consistent with this idea, rodents given a high-intensity chronic variable stress paradigm have robustly decreased food intake and body […]