Voluntary exercise followed by chronic stress strikingly increases mature adult-born hippocampal neurons and prevents stress-induced deficits in 'what-when-where' memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-73

  Castilla Ortega, Estela ^a,c   Rosell Valle, Cristina ^b   Pedraza, Carmen ^b   Rodríguez de Fonseca, Fernando ^a   Estivill Torrús, Guillermo ^a   Santín, Luis J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina IBIMA Plataforma Bionand   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis; C Fos; Episodic like memory; Functional networks; Intermittent restraint stress; Object recognition

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXERCISE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBJECT RELATION; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOGNITION;

ADULT HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROGENESIS; C-FOS; EPISODIC-LIKE MEMORY; FUNCTIONAL NETWORKS; INTERMITTENT RESTRAINT STRESS; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84891139796     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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