Voluntary exercise induces anxiety-like behavior in adult C57BL/6J mice correlating with hippocampal neurogenesis

Hippocampus

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-376

  Fuss, Johannes ^a   Ben Abdallah, Nada M B ^a   Vogt, Miriam A ^a   Touma, Chadi ^b   Pacifici, Pier Giorgio ^c   Palme, Rupert ^d   Witzemann, Veit ^c   Hellweg, Rainer ^e   Gass, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor BDNF; Corticosterone; Depression; Hippocampus; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DOUBLECORTIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77649125812     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20634     Document Type: Article

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