Maternal voluntary exercise during pregnancy enhances the spatial learning acquisition but not the retention of memory in rat pups via a TrkB-mediated mechanism: The role of hippocampal BDNF expression

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 955-961

  Akhavan, Maziar M ^a,b   Miladi Gorji, Hossein ^b   Emami Abarghoie, Mitra ^b   Safari, Manouchehr ^b   Sadighi Moghaddam, Bizhan ^b   Vafaei, Abbas A ^b   Rashidy Pour, Ali ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BDNF; Hippocampus; K252a; Memory; Offspring; TrkB; Voluntary exercise

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; K 252A;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84884546272     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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