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• Controlled animal experiments, depletion and rescue series in mice Published online 19 August 2026. Still online ahead of print, so no volume or issue is assigned.

  In mice, how much the gut community can ferment shaped how much the animal chose to run

  Stripping the gut microbiome of male mice cut voluntary wheel running, and feeding back the short chain fatty acids that gut microbes normally make restored it. A fibre rich diet pushed running above normal and came with more striatal histamine.

  mSystems, article e0087626 · Hutchinson et al. · the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · 19 August 2026 · PMID 42615618

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