Exercise but not (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate or β-alanine enhances physical fitness, brain plasticity, and behavioral performance in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-37

  Bhattacharya, Tushar K ^a   Pence, Brandt D ^a   Ossyra, Jessica M ^a   Gibbons, Trisha E ^a   Perez, Samuel ^a   McCusker, Robert H ^a   Kelley, Keith W ^a   Johnson, Rodney W ^a   Woods, Jeffrey A ^a   Rhodes, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Catechin; EGCG; Exercise; Fear conditioning; Flavonoid; Green tea; Hippocampus; Voluntary wheel running; Alanine

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; BROXURIDINE; CATECHIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CELL COUNT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; FAT MASS; FATIGUE; FEAR; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WORK CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRAIN; CONDITIONING; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CATECHIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EATING; FATIGUE; FEAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84961289175     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.03.023     Document Type: Article

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