The effect of monoamines reuptake inhibitors on aerobic exercise performance in bank voles from a selection experiment.

ABSTRACT: Exercise performance depends on both physiological abilities (e.g., muscle strength) and behavioral characteristics (e.g., motivation). We tested the hypothesis that evolution of increased aerobic exercise performance can be facilitated by evolution of neuropsychological mechanisms responsible for motivation to undertake physical activity. We used a unique model system: lines of bank voles Myodes glareolus selected for high swim-induced aerobic metabolism ("aerobic" A lines). In generation 21, voles from the 4 A lines achieved a 57% higher "voluntary maximum" swim-induced aerobic metabolism (VO₂swim) than voles from 4 unselected, "control" C lines. In C lines, VO₂swim was 9% lower than the maximum forced-exercise aerobic metabolism (VO₂run; P = </

SUBMITTER: Jaromin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688583 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature