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ArticleMedicine and science in sports and exercise2020

Effects of Exercise Training on Anxious-Depressive-like Behavior in Alzheimer Rat.

Chongyun Wu, Luodan Yang, Yong Li, Yan Dong, Baocheng Yang, Lorelei Donovan Tucker, Xuemei Zong, Quanguang Zhang

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Article in Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07016893 (Exercise Workshop, Skill-Based Art Approaches, and Awareness Studies for Elderly Individuals With Cognitive Impairment), which is not on this map. Cited by 87 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT07016893 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Exercise Workshop, Skill-Based Art Approaches, and Awareness Studies for Elderly Individuals With Cognitive Impairment

TypeinterventionalSponsorIstanbul University - CerrahpasaRan2024 to 2024Enrolled37ConditionsMild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Geriatric RehabilitationArmsHealthy aging interventions
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Chongyun Wu
Luodan YangDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Yong LiDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Yan DongDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Baocheng YangDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Lorelei Donovan TuckerDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Xuemei ZongDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Quanguang ZhangDepartment of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Augusta University · US

Funding

Low Level Laser Therapy in Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG058603 · NIA · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC SHREVEPORT · PI ZHANG, QUANGUANG · 2018 to 2018
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG058603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to examine the effects of treadmill training on anxious-depressive-like behaviors of transgenic Alzheimer rats in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and provided evidence of exercise in alleviating fear-avoidance behavior deficits.

methodsMale 2-month-old TgF344-AD and wild-type rats were divided into wild-type (n = 9), AD (n = 8), and AD + treadmill exercise (Exe) groups (n = 12). After 8 months of exercise, the passive avoidance test, Barnes maze task, novel object recognition test, and object location test were used to measure learning and memory function. The open-field test, elevated plus maze, sucrose preference test, and forced swim test were conducted to determine the anxious-depressive-like behavior of AD rats. Immunofluorescence staining, Western blot analysis, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analysis, and related assay kits were used to measure inflammatory cytokines, oxidative stress, amyloid-β production, and tau hyperphosphorylation.

resultsBehavioral tests revealed that 12-month-old animals did not show any spatial learning and memory deficits but did display anxious-depressive-like behavior (open field, center time: P = 0.008; center entries: P = 0.009; line crossings: P = 0.001). However, long-term exercise significantly inhibited anxious-depressive-like behavior in AD rats (center time: P = 0.016; center entries: P = 0.004; line crossings: P = 0.033). In addition, these animals displayed increased amyloid-β deposition, tau hyperphosphorylation, microgliosis, inflammatory cytokines release, and oxidative damage, which were attenuated significantly by long-term exercise training.

conclusionLong-term exercise training alleviated anxious-depressive-like behavior and improved fear-avoidance behavior in transgenic AD rats, supporting exercise training as an effective approach to prevent anxiety, depression, and fear-avoidance behavior deficits in the early stages of AD pathogenesis.

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Avoidance LearningFearPhysical Conditioning, AnimalAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAnxietyCerebral CortexCytokinesDepressionDisease Models, AnimalHippocampusMaleMicrogliaOxidative StressPhosphorylationAmyloid beta-PeptidesCytokinesMapt protein, ratReceptors, SerotoninSerotoninserotonin 6 receptortau Proteins

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PMID32028456
PMCPMC8015320
OpenAlexW3005128382

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