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Appl Physiol Nutr Metab
; 40(5): 489-92, 2015 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25906078
RESUMO
The current cages commonly used in animal experiments can prevent rats from engaging in most forms of natural locomotion behaviors. These animals tend to exhibit sedentary habits. Here, we show that a combination of wide housing space and training exercise helps to reduce white adipose mass and to increase brown adipose mass. Thus, this combination is a useful strategy for truly enhancing the physical fitness of captive rats commonly used in exercise-related interventional studies and to maximize their welfare.