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Oral antibiotics reduce voluntary exercise behavior in athletic mice.
Behavioural processes - 1 Jun 2022
McNamara Monica P, Cadney Marcell D, Castro Alberto A, Hillis David A, Kallini Kelly M, Macbeth John C, Schmill Margaret P, Schwartz Nicole E, Hsiao Ansel, Garland Theodore
Abstract excerpt
The gut microbiome can affect various aspects of both behavior and physiology, including exercise ability, but effects on voluntary exercise have rarely been studied. We studied females from a selection experiment in which 4 replicate High Runner (HR) lines of mice are bred for voluntary exercise and compared with 4 non-selected control (C) lines. HR and C mice differ in several traits that likely interact with...
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