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Rat Models of Diabetes Type II. Three well-known models of diabetes include the Israeli Sand Rat, Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty Rat, and Ventromedial Hypothalamus Lesion (VMH) Dietary Obese Rat. Each of these models represents different characteristics of diabetes such as obesity, glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, polyphagia, and hepatic lipogenesis.
