The treadmill chambers provide each mouse with 1.75" (4.4 cm) of headroom and are 2" (5 cm) wide. The length of the running surface is 12" (25.4 cm), and the volume of the enclosure is approximately 2 ...

While that sequence felt real to the mouse, the rodent was actually running on a miniature treadmill inside a Northwestern University laboratory. It was wearing new virtual reality goggles fit for ...

The researchers isolated this bacterial strain from elite runners, put it into the colons of lab mice and found that these human-derived bacteria boosted the mouse's performance on a treadmill ...

The mouse used in the study was shown video clips (including some from The Matrix) while moving on a treadmill, with the scientists monitoring brain activity. The mouse's brain was then dissected ...

2021) of mice reports that in addition to dopamine being released after achieving a goal, dopaminergic activity can be "ramped up" willfully when a treadmill-running mouse is trained to receive a ...