Voluntary exercise alters the cytoarchitecture of the adult dentate gyrus by increasing cellular proliferation, dendritic complexity, and spine density

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 486, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-47

  Eadie, Brennan D ^a   Redila, Van A ^a   Christie, Brian R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Dentate gyrus; Proliferation; Running; Synapses

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; EXERCISE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINE; SYNAPSE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; DENTATE GYRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPSES; VOLITION;

EID: 17644395604     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20493     Document Type: Article

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