Presence of a home cage running wheel, but not wheel running per se, decreases social motivation in adult C57BL/6J female mice
Patryk Ziobro, Cassidy A. Malone, Stephen Batter, Longao Xu, Selina Xu, Alina Loginov, Katherine Tschida
This study shows that having a running wheel in the home cage, not the act of running, reduces social motivation in adult female mice during same-sex interactions.
PLoS ONE · Jul 28, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition