Nitric oxide synthesis is required for exercise-induced increases in hippocampal BDNF and phosphatidylinositol 3′ kinase expression

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-268

  Chen, Michael J ^a   Ivy, Autumn S ^a   Russo Neustadt, Amelia A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; NO; PI 3K; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; TRANYLCYPROMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INDUCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EXERTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANYLCYPROMINE;

EID: 29244482565     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.08.013     Document Type: Article

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