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Revolutionary science: an improved running wheel for hamsters
N Mrosovsky1, P A Salmon, N Vrang
1Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Chronobiology International
|May 1, 1998
Abstract:
Golden hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus, ran more in wheels with the floor covered by a plastic mesh than in wheels with the usual rods. This preference was evident both in tests with a single wheel and in tests when the animals were offered a choice between two wheels. Phase shifts following a 3h confinement to a novel wheel were greater if the novel wheel had the plastic cover.

