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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuroimmunomodulation. 2013 Nov 20;21(1):52–63. doi: 10.1159/000356144

Table 1.

Intervention-induced adaptations.

Distance
Run
(km/d)
Pre-
intervention
body weight
(g)
Post-
intervention
body weight
(g)
Body weight
change (%)
Forced
exercise
time-
to-fatigue
(minutes)
Experiment 1:
Young Adult Mice
Voluntary Wheel 6.91 ± 0.25 24.72 ± 0.56 24.58 ± 0.38 0.09 ± 1.9a 58.5 ± 2.7a
Standard ----- 24.92 ± 0.23 26.45 ± 0.24 6.11 ± 0.47 47.29 ± 2.86
Experiment 2:
Aged Mice
Voluntary Wheel 3.4 ± 0.4 33.07 ± 0.42 32.22 ± 0.49 −1.43 ± 1.20b 75.7 ± 8.50b
Standard ----- 33.23 ± 0.50 33.30 ± 0.29 1.35 ± 0.77 33.34 ± 2.58

Mean ± SEM; n=9–10/group

a

Significantly (p < 0.05) reduced compared to Young Adult Standard housing conditions.

b

Significantly (p < 0.05) reduced compared to Aged Standard housing conditions.