Sentences with phrase «voluntary running wheel»

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To investigate, Chen and his colleagues tested a group of five - week - old mice, with two weeks of voluntary wheel running.

Two weeks of voluntary wheel running induces higher expression of irisin — a fat - burning hormone that is released during exercise — in bone tissue in mice.

Other studies show that fat cells multiply to a significantly greater extent in rats who aren't allowed to run on their wheels, while others show that such voluntary exercise in parents can stem positive transgenerational effects in offspring that are bred to be genetically predisposed to obesity (for instance, reduced body fat).

But voluntary exercise on a running wheel for two months at a young age increased neurogenesis in the hippocampus and largely prevented learning and memory deficits.