Let’s start thinking differently about exercise. Here’s how we know. Animal exercise studies typically run rats for weeks on running wheels. The animals gleefully run every night, sprinting several ...

Something happens when a rat starts running. Not just the obvious things, the faster heart, the warming muscles, the rhythmic percussion of paws against the wheel. Something quieter. Something that ...

Galileo had his telescope, Louis Pasteur had a compound microscope and American scientists today have … the treadmill? Something about the turning belt gets researchers going, particularly when ...

Consuming an unhealthy diet rich in sugars and fats can lead to obesity and also increase the risk of depression. A new study conducted in rats shows that exercise can help counter depressive and ...

Aquatic therapy and treadmill exercise offer innovative approaches to enhancing physical rehabilitation and performance across a range of animal species, particularly equine athletes. These modalities ...

As part of an ongoing national research effort to better understand how physical activity improves health and prevents disease, seven University of Colorado Department of Medicine faculty members ...