Sex-dependent differences in voluntary physical activity

Hypothalamic Npy mRNA is correlated with increased wheel running and decreased body fat in calorie-restricted rats

(2016) Gregory N. Ruegsegger et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Diet-induced obesity resistance of adult female mice selectively bred for increased wheel-running behavior is reversed by single perinatal exposure to a high-energy diet

(2016) Stefano Guidotti et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Diet and sex modify exercise and cardiac adaptation in the mouse

(2015) John P. Konhilas et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

The medial prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens mediate the motivation for voluntary wheel running in the rat.

(2015) Julia C. Basso et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Motives for adult participation in physical activity: type of activity, age, and gender

(2015) Keyvan Molanorouzi et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Estrogen receptors in the central nervous system and their implication for dopamine-dependent cognition in females

(2015) Anne Almey et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

MRI-detectable changes in mouse brain structure induced by voluntary exercise

(2015) Lindsay S. Cahill et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Mu opioid receptor modulation in the nucleus accumbens lowers voluntary wheel running in rats bred for high running motivation

(2015) Gregory N. Ruegsegger et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Estradiol in the Preoptic Area Regulates the Dopaminergic Response to Cocaine in the Nucleus Accumbens

(2015) Daniel J Tobiansky et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Effects of voluntary exercise on spontaneous physical activity and food consumption in mice: Results from an artificial selection experiment

(2015) Lynn E. Copes et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Choosing voluntary exercise over sucrose consumption depends upon dopamine transmission: effects of haloperidol in wild type and adenosine A2AKO mice

(2015) Mercè Correa et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

A community based prevention of weight gain intervention (Mothers In Motion) among young low-income overweight and obese mothers: design and rationale

(2014) Mei-Wei Chang et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Striatal enkephalinergic differences in rats selectively bred for intrinsic running capacity

(2014) Derek C. Monroe et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Role of the Dorsal Medial Habenula in the Regulation of Voluntary Activity, Motor Function, Hedonic State, and Primary Reinforcement

(2014) Y.-W. A. Hsu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Nucleus accumbens neuronal maturation differences in young rats bred for lowversushigh voluntary running behaviour

(2014) Michael D. Roberts et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Prevention of chronic disease in the 21st century: elimination of the leading preventable causes of premature death and disability in the USA

(2014) Ursula E Bauer et al.   LANCET

Nature, nurture and epigenetics

(2014) David Crews et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Dose-dependent effectiveness of wheel running to attenuate cocaine-seeking: impact of sex and estrous cycle in rats

(2014) Alexis B. Peterson et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Inactivity, not gluttony, causes obesity

(2014) P. W. Ward   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Are We Driving Our Kids to Unhealthy Habits? Results of the Active Healthy Kids Canada 2013 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth

(2014) Casey Gray et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Phenotypic and molecular differences between rats selectively bred to voluntarily run high vs. low nightly distances

(2013) Michael D. Roberts et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Role of the locus coeruleus in enhanced orexin A-induced spontaneous physical activity in obesity-resistant rats

(2013) Jennifer A. Teske et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Current Perspective on the Global and United States Cancer Burden Attributable to Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors

(2013) David Schottenfeld et al.   Annual Review of Public Health

Study protocol: the relation of birth weight and infant growth trajectories with physical fitness, physical activity and sedentary behavior at 8-9 years of age - the ABCD study

(2013) Arend W van Deutekom et al.   BMC Pediatrics

Selection for increased voluntary wheel-running affects behavior and brain monoamines in mice

(2013) R.Parrish Waters et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running have larger midbrains: support for the mosaic model of brain evolution

(2013) E. M. Kolb et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Estradiol and striatal dopamine receptor antagonism influence memory system bias in the female rat

(2013) Matthew G. Quinlan et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY

Enhanced voluntary wheel running in GPRC6A receptor knockout mice

(2013) Christoffer Clemmensen et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Effects of Developmental Bisphenol A Exposure on Reproductive-Related Behaviors in California Mice (Peromyscus californicus): A Monogamous Animal Model

(2013) Scott A. Williams et al.   PLoS One

Sex Differences in Stress Reactivity of Hippocampal BDNF in Mice are Associated with the Female Preponderance of Decreased Locomotor Activity in Response to Restraint Stress

(2013) Katsunori Yamaura et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Why Control Activity? Evolutionary Selection Pressures Affecting the Development of Physical Activity Genetic and Biological Regulation

(2013) J. Timothy Lightfoot   Biomed Research International

Are Voluntary Wheel Running and Open-Field Behavior Correlated in Mice? Different Answers from Comparative and Artificial Selection Approaches

(2012) Vincent Careau et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Developmental origins of non-communicable disease: Implications for research and public health

(2012) Robert Barouki et al.   Environmental Health

Psychosocial correlates of physical activity in school children aged 8-10 years

(2012) A. C. Seabra et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Sex Hormones' Regulation of Rodent Physical Activity: A Review

(2012) J. Timothy Lightfoot   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Diabetes in numbers

(2012) Tony Scully   NATURE

Age and sex affect spatial and emotional behaviors in rats: The role of repeated elevated plus maze test

(2012) M. Belviranli et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Neurobehavioral effects of lead and manganese individually and in combination in developmentally exposed rats

(2012) Swati Betharia et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY

A Sex Difference in the Predisposition for Physical Competition: Males Play Sports Much More than Females Even in the Contemporary U.S

(2012) Robert O. Deaner et al.   PLoS One

Developmental origins of noncommunicable disease: population and public health implications

(2011) Mark Hanson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Decreased voluntary activity and amygdala levels of serotonin and dopamine in ovariectomized rats

(2011) Nobuo Izumo et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

High-resolution mapping of a novel genetic locus regulating voluntary physical activity in mice

(2011) H. S. Yang et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Estradiol Modulates Effort-Based Decision Making in Female Rats

(2011) Kristina A Uban et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Dopamine D1 receptor modulation in nucleus accumbens lowers voluntary wheel running in rats bred to run high distances

(2011) Michael D. Roberts et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Sex-Specific Heterosis in Line Crosses of Mice Selectively Bred for High Locomotor Activity

(2010) Robert M. Hannon et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

The effect of estrogen on dopamine and serotonin receptor and transporter levels in the brain: An autoradiography study

(2010) Carolina Chavez et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

CB1 receptor deficiency decreases wheel-running activity: Consequences on emotional behaviours and hippocampal neurogenesis

(2010) Sarah Dubreucq et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Blockade of androgen or estrogen receptors reduces nandrolone's ability to modulate acute reward-related neurochemical effects of amphetamine in rat brain

(2010) Sanna Kurling-Kailanto et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR

How to run far: multiple solutions and sex-specific responses to selective breeding for high voluntary activity levels

(2010) T. Garland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reduced alcohol consumption in mice with access to a running wheel

(2009) Marissa A. Ehringer et al.   ALCOHOL

Central overexpression of leptin antagonist reduces wheel running and underscores importance of endogenous leptin receptor activity in energy homeostasis

(2009) Michael Matheny et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Neonatal ventral hippocampal lesions in male and female rats: Effects on water maze, locomotor activity, plus-maze and prefrontal cortical GABA and glutamate release in adulthood

(2009) Richard J. Beninger et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

A place to play: Socioeconomic and spatial factors in children's physical activity

(2007) Jenny Ziviani et al.   Australian Occupational Therapy Journal