Production of polydipsia in normal rats by an intermittent food schedule.
Marked polydipsia was produced in all animals trained to press a bar for food pellets on a 1-minute variableinterval schedule. It is suggested that since this feeding arrangement produces a sustained, high fluid intake in the normal, unrestrained animal, it might serve as a useful tool in the study of renal function.
D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004326:Drinking; D005502:Food; D059606:Polydipsia; D051381:Rats; D013894:Thirst
DIET/experimental; THIRST/experimental