But a new study suggests that the rodents enjoy running and when wild mice come across an exercise wheel they do exactly the same thing voluntarily. A group of scientists set up wheels in the wild ...

By monitoring the number of revolutions each mouse lapped on a running wheel that was placed in its cage, the researchers actually discovered that the miles logged by these mice appeared to correlate ...

Mice prefer wheels that have been made into irregular shapes, or include hurdles to jump over! This review proposes that wheel running may be an artefact of captive environments or of the ...

Groups of young and old mice aged 3 or 18 months were engaged in either sedentary or active lifestyles, with the latter getting exercise via a running wheel. Aging affected all types of brain cell ...