Hippocampal neurogenesis and dendritic plasticity support running-improved spatial learning and depression-like behaviour in stressed rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Yau, Suk Yu ^a,b   Lau, Benson Wui Man ^a,b   Tong, Jian Bin ^a   Wong, Richard ^a,b   Ching, Yick Pang ^a,b   Qiu, Guang ^a,b   Tang, Siu Wa ^a   Lee, Tatia M C ^b,c   So, Kwok Fai ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTARABINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RUNNING; SPATIAL LEARNING; STRESS; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; ARA; ELAGATIS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITES; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80052855237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024263     Document Type: Article

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