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Running on a wheel for 8 days doesn’t seem to keep stress genes turned on in the brains of male lab rats, which means their stress system probably isn’t stuck in overdrive after this training.

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The study found that rats getting used to running on a wheel over 8 days didn’t show signs of long-term stress in their brains, just like the claim says.

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