Long-term running alleviates some behavioral and molecular abnormalities in Down syndrome mouse model Ts65Dn

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 178-189

  Kida, Elizabeth ^a   Rabe, Ausma ^a   Walus, Marius ^a   Albertini, Giorgio ^b   Golabek, Adam A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Down syndrome; Enriched environment; Learning; Locomotor skills; Overexpressed proteins; Ts65Dn mice; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

APP PROTEIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DYRK1A PROTEIN; MAP2AB PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EXERCISE; FEMALE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; RUNNING; SITTING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN SYNDROME; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RUNNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRISOMY;

EID: 84871483634     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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