Treadmill exercise ameliorates motor disturbance through inhibition of apoptosis in the cerebellum of valproic acid-induced autistic rat pups

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-334

  Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Shin, Mal Soon ^a   Seo, Tae Beom ^b   Ji, Eun Sang ^c   Baek, Seong Soo ^c   Lee, Sam Jun ^d   Park, Joon Ki ^e   Kim, Chang Ju ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Sport Science   (South Korea)

^c Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

^d Tongmyong University   (South Korea)

^e SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autistic rats; Cerebellum; Reelin; Treadmill exercise; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYCLIN D1; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; PROTEIN BCL 2; REELIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; THERAPY EFFECT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CEREBELLUM; CYCLIN D1; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84879958129     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1518     Document Type: Article

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