Sustained running in rats administered corticosterone prevents the development of depressive behaviors and enhances hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity without increasing neurotrophic factor levels

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 481-492

  Yau, Suk Yu ^a,b,c   Li, Ang ^a,b   Zhang, En Dong ^a   Christie, Brian R ^c   Xu, Aimin ^a,d   Lee, Tatia M C ^a,b   So, Kwok Fai ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Depression like behavior; Hippocampal neurogenesis; Insulin like growth factor; Physical exercise; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; SOMATOMEDIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DLGH4 PROTEIN, RAT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIM TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RUNNING; SUCROSE PREFERENCE TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 84900389076     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368914X678490     Document Type: Article

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