Effects of increased opportunity for physical exercise and learning experiences on recognition memory and brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in brain and serum of rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 199, Issue , 2011, Pages 284-291

  Vedovelli, K ^a,b   Silveira, E ^a,b   Velho, E ^a,b   Stertz, L ^b,c   Kapczinski, F ^b,c   Schroder N ^a,b   Bromberg, E ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b National Institute for Translational Medicine INCT TM   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BDNF; Environmental enrichment; Frontal cortex; Hippocampus; Novel object recognition; Serum

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXERCISE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 83055180759     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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