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Rat hippocampus neurons:
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This is a guest post by Martina Mustroph, one of Greta's top student writers for Spring 2007
Teens who routinely exercise (especially in organized activities like team sports
Almost everyone tries to lose weight at some point, but we are remarkably bad at it; most people quickly return to their original weight after cessation of exercise or resumption of a normal diet.
Baby rats, only 5 days old and still very much reliant on their mothers for food, can be artificially dehydrated by injecting them with a saline hypertonic solution. If a source of water is placed very close to the rat's snout, it will drink.