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Hindiael Belchior

Hi Damien! Have you found out a good running protocol for rats? Do your rats actually run on the wheel? Or they just spend some time sleeping over there, like my rats do?

Pradip Kumar Kamat

Dear Hujard, For this purpose you have to be Paxinos atlas for mouse or rat in which coordinates are mentioned.