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ArticleBrain research2007

Reorganization of functional brain maps after exercise training: Importance of cerebellar-thalamic-cortical pathway.

D P Holschneider, J Yang, Y Guo, J-M I Maarek

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Article in Brain research, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Electrophysiological Testing for an Auditory Processing Disorder and Reading Performance in 54 School Students Aged Between 8 and 12 years.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D P HolschneiderDepartment of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. holschne@usc.edu
J Yang
Y Guo
J-M I Maarek
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Microinfusion Pump For Animal Functional Brain MappingR01NS050171 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI HOLSCHNEIDER, DANIEL PHILIPP · 2005 to 2007
$1.0M
NINDS NIH HHS 1 R01 NS050171NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS050171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exercise training (ET) causes functional and morphologic changes in normal and injured brain. While studies have examined effects of short-term (same day) training on functional brain activation, less work has evaluated effects of long-term training, in particular treadmill running. An improved understanding is relevant as changes in neural reorganization typically require days to weeks, and treadmill training is a component of many neurorehabilitation programs. Adult, male rats (n=10) trained to run for 40 min/day, 5 days/week on a Rotarod treadmill at 11.5 cm/s, while control animals (n=10) walked for 1 min/day at 1.2 cm/s. Six weeks later, [(14)C]-iodoantipyrine was injected intravenously during treadmill walking. Regional cerebral blood flow-related tissue radioactivity was quantified by autoradiography and analyzed in the three-dimensionally reconstructed brain by statistical parametric mapping. Exercised compared to nonexercised rats demonstrated increased influence of the cerebellar-thalamic-cortical (CbTC) circuit, with relative increases in perfusion in deep cerebellar nuclei (medial, interposed, lateral), thalamus (ventrolateral, midline, intralaminar), and paravermis, but with decreases in the vermis. In the basal ganglia-thalamic-cortical circuit, significant decreases were noted in sensorimotor cortex and striatum, with associated increases in the globus pallidus. Additional significant changes were noted in the ventral pallidum, superior colliculus, dentate gyrus (increases), and red nucleus (decreases). Following ET, the new dynamic equilibrium of the brain is characterized by increases in the efficiency of neural processing (sensorimotor cortex, striatum, vermis) and an increased influence of the CbTC circuit. Cerebral regions demonstrating changes in neural activation may point to alternate circuits, which may be mobilized during neurorehabilitation.

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Brain MappingPhysical Conditioning, AnimalAnimalsAntipyrineAutoradiographyBehavior, AnimalCerebellumCerebral CortexCerebrovascular CirculationImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleModels, BiologicalNeural PathwaysNeuronal PlasticityRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAntipyrineiodoantipyrineTritium

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PMID17964551
PMCPMC2692362
OpenAlexW1982947246

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