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ReviewAnnals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft2011

Enhancing recovery from peripheral nerve injury using treadmill training.

Arthur W English, Jennifer C Wilhelm, Manning J Sabatier

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Review in Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Arthur W EnglishDepartment of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, 615 Michael Street, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. medae@emory.edu
Jennifer C Wilhelm
Manning J Sabatier

Funding

IRACDA Fellowships in Research and Science Training (FIRST)K12GM000680 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, LOU ANN S, MCCARTY, NAEL A · 2000 to 2024
$41.2M
SPINAL CIRCUITS &THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMP01HD032571 · NICHD · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GOOLSBY, WILLIAM · 1995 to 2016
$16.2M
Exercise, neurotrophins, and axon regeneration in the PNSR01NS057190 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ENGLISH, ARTHUR W. · 2007 to 2016
$3.3M
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD032571NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM000680NIGMS NIH HHS K12GM000680NINDS NIH HHS NS057190NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS057190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Full functional recovery after traumatic peripheral nerve injury is rare. We postulate three reasons for the poor functional outcome measures observed. Axon regeneration is slow and not all axons participate. Significant misdirection of regenerating axons to reinnervate inappropriate targets occurs. Seemingly permanent changes in neural circuitry in the central nervous system are found to accompany axotomy of peripheral axons. Exercise in the form of modest daily treadmill training impacts all three of these areas. Compared to untrained controls, regenerating axons elongate considerably farther in treadmill trained animals and do so via an autocrine/paracrine neurotrophin signaling pathway. This enhancement of axon regeneration takes place without an increase in the amount of misdirection of regenerating axons found without training. The enhancement also occurs in a sex-dependent manner. Slow continuous training is effective only in males, while more intense interval training is effective only in females. In treadmill trained, but not untrained mice the extent of coverage of axotomized motoneurons is maintained, thus preserving important elements of the spinal circuitry.

Indexed as

Peripheral Nerve InjuriesAnimalsAxonsCentral Nervous SystemFemaleMaleMiceNerve Growth FactorsNerve RegenerationNeuronal PlasticityPeripheral NervesPhysical Conditioning, AnimalRatsRunningSex FactorsTime FactorsNerve Growth Factors

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PMID21498059
PMCPMC3137663

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