Here we present a protocol to induce activity-based anorexia (ABA) in female adolescent mice. ABA is a condition of hyperactivity evoked by imposing food restriction on rodents with access to a running wheel. This phenomenon is being used as a model to study the underlying neurobiology of anorexia nervosa.
Chowdhury, T. G., Chen, Y., Aoki, C. Using the Activity-based Anorexia Rodent Model to Study the Neurobiological Basis of Anorexia Nervosa. J. Vis. Exp. (104), e52927, doi:10.3791/52927 (2015).