Susceptibility of female rats to cardiac arrhythmias following refeeding after severe food restriction.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participate:All procedures were conducted in accordance with the NIH guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and Animal Research and Reporting of in vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guidelines. All procedures were approved by the Georgetown University Animal Care and Use Committee under protocol number 2016-1182. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsNo conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the authors. Competing interests No conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the authors."

"Funding This study was supported by Grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) including R01-HL121456 (KS), R21-AG060730 (KS); Georgetown University Partners-in-Research Award (KS, NS); the American Heart Association (AHA) Innovation Award (KS, NS) and AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (AMAdS)."