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[Influence of starvation on the heart rate of rabbits]
Acta Biologica Et Medica Germanica
|January 1, 1979
Abstract:
The ECG was recorded in rabbits during EEG-controlled slow wave sleep and during food conditioning sessions. A 2-day food deprivation caused a significant slowing of mean heart rate during sleep. The heart rate increased in hungry animals waiting for food (food expectancy), but did not reach the values of saturated sleeping animals.