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Stabilization of the wheel running phenotype in mice.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Mar 2016
Bowen Robert S, Cates Brittany E, Combs Eric B, Dillard Bryce M, Epting Jessica T, Foster Brittany R, Patterson Shawnee V, Spivey Thomas P
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PURPOSE: Increased physical activity is well known to improve health and wellness by modifying the risks for many chronic diseases. Rodent wheel running behavior is a beneficial surrogate model to evaluate the biology of daily physical activity in humans. Upon initial exposure to a running wheel, individual mice differentially respond to the experience, which confounds the normal activity patterns exhibited in...
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