Effects of voluntary physical exercise, citicoline, and combined treatment on object recognition memory, neurogenesis, and neuroprotection after traumatic brain injury in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 739-751

  Jacotte Simancas, Alejandra ^a   Costa Miserachs, David ^a   Coll Andreu, Margalida ^a   Torras Garcia, Meritxell ^a   Borlongan, Cesar V ^b   Portell Cortés, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

citicoline; neurogenesis and neuroprotection; object recognition memory; traumatic brain injury; voluntary physical exercise

Indexed keywords

CITICOLINE; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXERCISE; GRANULAR CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; RAT; RECOGNITION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE CHOLINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84929992623     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3502     Document Type: Article

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