Do you have a protocol or reference to a paper regarding "progressive training" for rats using running-wheels?

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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?

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