clive powney
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CFS was induced by forcing the rats to swim for 15mins for 21 consecutive days.
I think they are confusing general fatigue with CFS
Chronic exercise is a fairly common "trigger" in CFS animal studies. At best it mimics overtraining syndrome which may have vague similarities, but I wouldn't put much stock in such studies for CFS. Other methods I've read about include introducing a pathogen or toxin. ScienceDaily.com recently posted an article about a new development in understanding the biology of depression, which also discusses the inadequacies of behavioural measurements in lab animals (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120711134714.htm).
it would be against the law to give rats CBT. They are rats and they deserve respect. ;-)Still at least no weasels were involved