Treadmill exercise ameliorates symptoms of methimazole-induced hypothyroidism through enhancing neurogenesis and suppressing apoptosis in the hippocampus of rat pups

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-223

  Shin, Mal Soon ^a   Ko, Il Gyu ^a   Kim, Sung Eun ^a   Kim, Bo Kyun ^a   Kim, Tae Soo ^a   Lee, Shin Ho ^a   Hwang, Dong Sup ^a   Kim, Chang Ju ^a   Park, Jin Kook ^b   Lim, Baek Vin ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Dongseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hypothyroidism; Neurogenesis; Short term memory; Spatial learning ability; Treadmill exercise

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CASPASE 3; DOUBLECORTIN; LIOTHYRONINE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; THIAMAZOLE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAZE TEST; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUP (RODENT); RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; METHIMAZOLE; NEUROGENESIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84873899217     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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