Exercise prevents high-fat diet-induced impairment of flexible memory expression in the water maze and modulates adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 26-35

  Klein, C ^a   Jonas, W ^b   Iggena, D ^a   Empl, L ^a   Rivalan, M ^c   Wiedmer, P ^b   Spranger, J ^a   Hellweg, R ^a   Winter, Y ^c   Steiner, B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Obesity; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID DIET; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; MAZE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGENESIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84961201769     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2016.03.002     Document Type: Article

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