FIG. 1.

Dietary and weight monitoring. (A) Timeline outlining experimental design. (B) Baseline food resulted in an average intake of 15 pellets per day (500 mg docosahexaenoic acid and 250 mg eicosapentaenoic acid per kg of animal body weight per day). Surgery resulted in a significant reduction in food intake that returned to baseline levels at 2 weeks post-operation (wpo). No significant differences were found between groups (p>0.05, n=8–18 animals per group). (C) Dietary ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) pre-treatment prevented significant weight losses when compared with injured rats receiving control diets at 1 week post-injury (wpi). Although dietary intake was similar, sham animals gained more weight than injured counterparts. Color image is available online at www.liebertpub.com/neu