Effects of voluntary and involuntary exercise on cognitive functions, and VEGF and BDNF levels in adolescent rats

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-68

  Uysal, N ^a   Kiray, M ^a   Sisman, A R ^a   Camsari, U M ^b   Gencoglu, C ^a   Baykara, B ^a   Cetinkaya, C ^a   Aksu, I ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anxiety; BDNF; Exercise; Hippocampus; Learning; Memory; Prefrontal cortex; VEGF

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN A;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEURONS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS, WISTAR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84919429808     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520295.2014.946968     Document Type: Article

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