Performance, personality, and energetics: correlation, causation, and mechanism

V Careau, T Garland Jr - Physiological and Biochemical …, 2012‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
The study of phenotypic evolution should be an integrative endeavor that combines different
approaches and crosses disciplinary and phylogenetic boundaries to consider complex …

The biological control of voluntary exercise, spontaneous physical activity and daily energy expenditure in relation to obesity: human and rodent perspectives

T Garland Jr, H Schutz, MA Chappell… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - journals.biologists.com
Mammals expend energy in many ways, including basic cellular maintenance and repair,
digestion, thermoregulation, locomotion, growth and reproduction. These processes can …

Measuring behavioral and endocrine responses to novelty stress in adult zebrafish

J Cachat, A Stewart, L Grossman, S Gaikwad, F Kadri… - Nature protocols, 2010‏ - nature.com
Several behavioral assays are currently used for high-throughput neurophenoty** and
screening of genetic mutations and psychotropic drugs in zebrafish (Danio rerio). In this …

The use of a running wheel to measure activity in rodents: relationship to energy balance, general activity, and reward

CM Novak, PR Burghardt, JA Levine - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Running wheels are commonly employed to measure rodent physical activity in a variety of
contexts, including studies of energy balance and obesity. There is no consensus on the …

Physical exercise improves brain cortex and cerebellum mitochondrial bioenergetics and alters apoptotic, dynamic and auto (mito) phagy markers

I Marques-Aleixo, E Santos-Alves, MM Balça… - Neuroscience, 2015‏ - Elsevier
We here investigate the effects of two exercise modalities (endurance treadmill training-TM
and voluntary free-wheel activity-FW) on the brain cortex and cerebellum mitochondrial …

Neurobiology of mice selected for high voluntary wheel-running activity

JS Rhodes, SC Gammie… - … and comparative biology, 2005‏ - academic.oup.com
Selective breeding of house mice has been used to study the evolution of locomotor
behavior. Our model consists of 4 replicate lines selectively bred for high voluntary wheel …

Neurobiological studies of fatigue

ME Harrington - Progress in neurobiology, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Fatigue is a symptom associated with many disorders, is especially common in women and
in older adults, and can have a huge negative influence on quality of life. Although most past …

Lifelong voluntary exercise in the mouse prevents age-related alterations in gene expression in the heart

AM Bronikowski, PA Carter, TJ Morgan… - Physiological …, 2003‏ - journals.physiology.org
We present the first quantitative gene expression analysis of cardiac aging under conditions
of sedentary and active lifestyles using high-density oligonucleotide arrays representing …

Does behavior evolve first? Correlated responses to selection for voluntary wheel-running behavior in house mice

RH Khan, JS Rhodes, IA Girard… - Ecological and …, 2024‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
How traits at multiple levels of biological organization evolve in a correlated fashion in
response to directional selection is poorly understood, but two popular models are the very …

209. Correction of Hunter Syndrome in the MPSII Mouse Model by AAV2/8-Mediated Gene Delivery

M Cardone, VA Polito, S Pepe, L Mann, A D'azzo… - Molecular Therapy, 2006‏ - cell.com
Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPSII; Hunter syndrome) is a lysosomal storage disorder
caused by a deficiency in the enzyme iduronate 2-sulfatase. At present, the therapeutic …