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Methods. A rat model of CFS was established using restraint-stress, forced exercise, and crowded and noisy environments over a period of 4 weeks.
If scientists still don't understand what CFS/ME actually is, or even have a test that can identify it, how could they possibly expect to "recreate" it?
How could they assume that stressing rats out for a month is the equivalent to having CFS/ME? This sounds like a complete waste of money and time. Any results they find will be useless because they are not working with a CFS/ME model.
Forced swimming has also been used as a rat model to replicate CFS. Here's another discussion of a study using rats:
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...n-chronic-fatigue-syndrome.47204/#post-771223
See what came up on a search of PubMed:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=cfs rats forced swimming:
A Chinese herbal decoction, Danggui Buxue Tang, improves chronic fatigue syndrome induced by food restriction and forced swimming in rats.
Astragalus membranaceus flavonoids (AMF) ameliorate chronic fatigue syndrome induced by food intake restriction plus forced swimming.
Effect of manual acupuncture stimulation of "Baihui" (GV 20), etc. on serum IFN-gamma and IL-4 contents in rats with chronic fatigue syndrome
Effect of acupuncture intervention on learning-memory ability and cerebral superoxide dismutase activity and malonaldehyde concentration in chronic fatigue syndrome rats
Effect of natural and synthetic antioxidants in a mouse model of chronic fatigue syndrome
Evaluation of protective effect of Aegle marmelos Corr. in an animal model of chronic fatigue syndrome