Wide housing space and chronic exercise enhance physical fitness and adipose tissue morphology in rats

Author(s)

Menezes Scariot, Pedro Paulo ^[1] ; Manchado-Gobatto, Fulvia de Barros ^[1] ; Torsoni, Adriana Souza ^[2] ; Torsoni, Marcio Alberto ^[2] ; Masselli dos Reis, Ivan Gustavo ^[1] ; Beck, Wladimir Rafael ^[1] ; Gobatto, Claudio Alexandre ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Sch Appl Sci, Lab Appl Sport Physiol, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Sch Appl Sci, Lab Metab Disorders, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY NUTRITION AND METABOLISM; v. 40, n. 5, p. 489-492, MAY 2015.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

The current cages commonly used in animal experiments can prevent rats from engaging in most forms of natural locomotion behaviors. These animals tend to exhibit sedentary habits. Here, we show that a combination of wide housing space and training exercise helps to reduce white adipose mass and to increase brown adipose mass. Thus, this combination is a useful strategy for truly enhancing the physical fitness of captive rats commonly used in exercise-related interventional studies and to maximize their welfare. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/16222-7 - DETERMINATION OF THE SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY OF RATS BY GRAVIMETRIC AND RELATIONS BETWEEN AEROBIC CAPACITY AND GENE EXPRESSION OF MCTS 1 AND 4: EFFECTS OF AGE AND PHYSICAL TRAINING.
• Grantee: Pedro Paulo Menezes Scariot
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• FAPESP's process: 12/20501-1 - Molecular responses of continuous and intermitent swimming and of exogenous melatonin in rats: cell signalizers of the intermediary metabolism and from the inflammatory and oxidative stress pathways
• Grantee: Claudio Alexandre Gobatto
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants