Evidence for a release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor from the brain during exercise

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1062-1069

  Rasmussen, Peter ^a,c   Brassard, Patrice ^a   Adser, Helle ^a   Pedersen, Martin V ^a   Leick, Lotte ^a   Hart, Emma ^b   Secher, Niels H ^a   Pedersen, Bente K ^a   Pilegaard, Henriette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AN2041 ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIAL ARTERY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EXERCISE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MICE; OXYGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349254437     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2009.048512     Document Type: Article

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