Leinen, Monique
Grandy, Elise F.
Gebel, Lourdes M. Ubeira
Santana, Tahimi Machin
Rodriguez, Amanda L.
Singh, Sundip K.
Fernandez, Michael I.
Dalugdug, Justin C.
Garcia-Colon, Elaine M.
Lybeshari, Kamela
Alexander, Daniel R.
Maura, Maria I.
Gonzalez, Maria D. Cabrera
De Paula Cunha Almeida, Caroline
Anyaso-Samuel, Samuel
Datta, Somnath
Schiefer, Matthew A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8490-088X
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (IK2 RX001817)
Article History
Received: 29 June 2023
Revised: 5 November 2023
Accepted: 13 November 2023
First Online: 2 December 2023
Declarations
:
: All applicable institutional and/or national guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (LSCVAMC), the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MRVAMC), and the University of Florida (UF) approved the use of obesity-prone Sprague Dawley (OP-SD) male rats in this study. All experiments were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations set forth by the Public Health Service, the Animal Welfare Act, the Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and ARRIVE.
: Informed consent does not apply.
: The corresponding author is a co-inventor on the stimulus waveform reported in this study. The patent, “Patterned stimulation intensity for neural stimulation,” was filed by Case Western Reserve University (US Patent numbers 10,758,728 (2020); 10,960,203 (2021); 11,446,483 (2022); 11,612,741 (2023); and 11,672,931 (2023)). No other author has a perceived or real conflict of interest.