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ArticleDevelopmental neuroscience2011

Environmental enrichment rescues postnatal neurogenesis defect in the male and female Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome.

Lina Chakrabarti, Joseph Scafidi, Vittorio Gallo, Tarik F Haydar

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Article in Developmental neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lina ChakrabartiCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Joseph Scafidi
Vittorio Gallo
Tarik F Haydar
Center for Neurosciences · USChildren's National · US

Funding

NEUROIMAGING COREP30HD040677 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2001 to 2015
$15.9M
Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA) Program at Children's NationalK12HD001399 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI NATHAN KUPPERMANN · 2001 to 2026
$9.1M
ROLES OF HIF-1a IN THE VASCULATURE DURING RECOVERY FOLLOWING CHRONIC SUBLETHAL HYP01NS062686 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SCHWARTZ, MICHAEL L · 2009 to 2013
$6.6M
A Common Glial-Neuronal Progenitor in Postnatal BrainR01NS045702 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2004 to 2014
$3.7M
Rescue of Forebrain Defects in Mouse Models of Down syndromeR01NS076503 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI GALDZICKI, ZYGMUNT, HAYDAR, TARIK F · 2011 to 2015
$2.2M
Characterization of Sox17 as a Regulator of Oligodendrocyte Cell DifferentiationR01NS056427 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
Forebrain Development in Down Syndrome and in Ts65Dn model miceR01HD057580 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HAYDAR, TARIK F · 2009 to 2010
$1.1M
NICHD NIH HHS HD001399NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD001399NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD040677NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD40677NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD057580NINDS NIH HHS K12 NS052NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS062686NINDS NIH HHS P01NS062686NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045702NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056427NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076503
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS), the most frequent genetic cause of intellectual disability and developmental delay, results from impaired neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation. Impaired neurogenesis in the neocortex, hippocampus and cerebellum is believed to be the underlying cause of learning and behavioral deficits in the Ts65Dn mouse model of DS. Aggressive sensorimotor and cognitive therapies have shown promise in mitigating the cognitive disabilities in DS but these behavioral therapies have not yet been investigated at the cellular level. Here, using the Ts65Dn mouse model of DS, we demonstrate that a combination of environmental enrichment and physical exercise starting in juvenile mice (postnatal day 18) markedly increases cell proliferation, neurogenesis and gliogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) and the forebrain subventricular zone (SVZ) of both male and female mice. Enrichment and exercise increased the rate of Ts65Dn DG neurogenesis to be comparable to that of the nonenriched euploid group, while the effect on SVZ neurogenesis was reduced and seen only after prolonged exposure. These results clearly indicate that in a comprehensive stimulatory environment, the postnatal DS brain has the intrinsic capability of improving neurogenesis and gliogenesis to the levels of normal matched controls and that this cellular response underlies the cognitive improvement seen following behavioral therapies.

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EnvironmentAnimalsBody WeightCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalDown SyndromeFemaleHippocampusHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C3HMice, Inbred C57BLMotor ActivityNeurogenesis

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PMID21865665
PMCPMC3254041
OpenAlexW2171412947

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