Table 2.

Body weight change and food intake

Group	Body weight change in g, following surgery					Food intake in g/d
	0 d	4 d	7 d	14 d	21 d
Drug treatment	-	-	1 d	8 d	15 d
Normal rats	169 ± 2.4	170 ± 2.4	219 ± 2.6	278 ± 3.9	329 ± 5.6	27.32 ± 0.47
CARE modeled rats
Untreated	166 ± 2.2	137 ± 2.0b	142 ± 2.7b	150 ± 7.5b	178 ± 12.8b	12.27 ± 0.63b
BHSST-treated	167 ± 1.8	135 ± 1.8	146 ± 3.8	169 ± 10.1	194 ± 19.1	14.99 ± 0.58d

Data are presented as mean ± SE (n = 7).

^bP < 0.001 vs normal rats;

^dP < 0.01 vs untreated CARE modeled rats.