Physical activity increases mRNA for brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor in rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 726, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 49-56

  Neeper, Shawne A ^a   Gómez Pinilla, Fernando ^a   Choi, James ^a   Cotman, Carl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Environmental stimulus; Exercise; Gene expression; Neural activity; Neurotrophin; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0010330438     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00273-9     Document Type: Article

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