Is physical activity beneficial for recovery in temporal lobe epilepsy? Evidences from animal studies

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 422-431

  Arida, Ricardo Mario ^a   Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre ^a   Scorza, Carla Alessandra ^a   Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal models; Epileptic insult; Physical exercise; Recovery; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; KAINIC ACID; MELATONIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PARVALBUMIN; PILOCARPINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AKINESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ATAXIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FALLING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIOSIS; KINDLING; LATENT PERIOD; MASTICATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REARING; REVIEW; SALIVATION; SEIZURE; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 59249108040     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2008.11.002     Document Type: Review

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