Water Intake of the Rat as a Function of Duration of Water Deprivation

1 February 1966

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports

Vol. 18 (1) , 148-150
https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1966.18.1.148

Abstract

Water intake in a 2-hr. period was measured for groups of rats deprived of water either 0, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, or 168 hr. The intake function appeared to reach a maximum value at 48 hr., suggesting that intake is not a useful measure of the effects of long durations of water deprivation.

Keywords

DEPRIVATION
WATER INTAKE
MAXIMUM VALUE
RATS DEPRIVED
FUNCTION OF DURATION
INTAKE FUNCTION

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