Treadmill exercise prevents aging-induced failure of memory through an increase in neurogenesis and suppression of apoptosis in rat hippocampus

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-365

  Kim, Sung Eun ^a   Ko, Il Gyu ^a,d   Kim, Bo Kyun ^a   Shin, Mal Soon ^a   Cho, Sehyung ^a   Kim, Chang Ju ^a   Kim, Sang Hun ^b   Baek, Seung Soo ^b   Lee, Eun Kyu ^a,c   Jee Yong Seok, Y S ^d  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

^c Andong Medical Group   (South Korea)

^d Hanseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Rats; Short term memory; Spatial memory; Treadmill exercise

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASPASE 3; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 77951093119     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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