Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley rats
Background: Stress disturbs body weight and food intake, but the core mechanisms are not well understood. Study design: Experimental Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad Sixty male Sprague Dawley rats (mean wt 25...
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| author | Sadia Moazzam Irfan Afzal Mughal Noor Ul Ain Irfan Ilqa Attique Fareeha Zaheer Asma Irfan |
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Background:
Stress disturbs body weight and food intake, but the core mechanisms are not well understood.
Study design: Experimental
Materials and Methods:
The study was conducted in National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad Sixty male Sprague Dawley rats (mean wt 250 ± 50 grams) were used and divided into 2 groups.
Each group comprised of 30 rats.
Group I was taken as control. Group II was exposed to chronic stress.
Results:
The comparison of weight gain by the different groups disclosed that there was a significant decrease in weight gain of rats exposed to the chronic stress as compared to control group.
Conclusion:
Chronic restraint stress has a detrimental effect on body weight.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d1eb3ba6e5b14b27a254204ebc2076342025-02-06T08:43:18ZengRawalpindi Medical UniversityJournal of Rawalpindi Medical College1683-35621683-35702023-04-0127110.37939/jrmc.v27i1.1848Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley ratsSadia MoazzamIrfan Afzal MughalNoor Ul Ain IrfanIlqa AttiqueFareeha ZaheerAsma Irfan Background: Stress disturbs body weight and food intake, but the core mechanisms are not well understood. Study design: Experimental Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad Sixty male Sprague Dawley rats (mean wt 250 ± 50 grams) were used and divided into 2 groups. Each group comprised of 30 rats. Group I was taken as control. Group II was exposed to chronic stress. Results: The comparison of weight gain by the different groups disclosed that there was a significant decrease in weight gain of rats exposed to the chronic stress as compared to control group. Conclusion: Chronic restraint stress has a detrimental effect on body weight. https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/1848Body weight, Chronic stress, cortisol |
| spellingShingle | Sadia Moazzam Irfan Afzal Mughal Noor Ul Ain Irfan Ilqa Attique Fareeha Zaheer Asma Irfan Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley rats Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College Body weight, Chronic stress, cortisol |
| title | Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley rats |
| title_full | Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley rats |
| title_fullStr | Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley rats |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley rats |
| title_short | Effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male Sprague Dawley rats |
| title_sort | effect of chronic restraint stress on body weight of male sprague dawley rats |
| topic | Body weight, Chronic stress, cortisol |
| url | https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/1848 |
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