The antidepressant effect of running is associated with increased hippocampal cell proliferation

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-368

  Bjørnebekk, Astrid ^a   Mathé, Aleksander A ^b   Brené, Stefan ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Depression; Flinders Sensitive Line rats; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Neurotrophic factors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DYNORPHIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RUNNING; SWIMMING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYNORPHINS; ENKEPHALINS; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RUNNING; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 22344433956     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145705005122     Document Type: Article

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