A major output of circadian systems is locomotor behavior. The following series explains how rodent wheel-running studies are performed and data are analyzed:
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Brain lesion and transplant studies were used with wheel-running to identify the region of the brain that regulates circadian rhythms in mammals, the suprachiasmatic nucleus.