Research Article

Feasibility and Safety of Continuous and Chronic Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation of the Medial Forebrain Bundle in the Naïve Sprague-Dawley Rat

Figure 4

Liquid consumption. As in indicator of welfare, liquid consumption over a 24-hour period was periodically monitored during the study. The animals’ consumption of neither water (a) nor 10% sucrose (b) was influenced by MFB-HFS during the study period.
(a) Water consumption
(b) 10% sucrose consumption