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ArticleJournal of exercise rehabilitation2021

Treadmill exercise improves spatial learning ability by increasing cell proliferation in offspring born to maternal rats receiving stress during pregnancy.

Tae-Woon Kim, Young Jun Ko, Ki-Hyok Youn, Boo-Geun Hwang, Hyun-Seok Bang, Sam-Jun Lee

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Article in Journal of exercise rehabilitation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Enhancing Neuroprotection Through Exercise: The Synergistic Effects of Bioactive Plant Compounds Via the CREB-BDNF Signaling Pathway.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tae-Woon KimDepartment of Human Health Care, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.
Young Jun KoMajor in Sport Service Practice, College of Welfare Convergence, Kangnam University, Yongin, Korea.
Ki-Hyok YounDepartment of Social Welfare, College of Health, Welfare and Education, Tongmyong University, Busan, Korea.
Boo-Geun HwangDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, College of Health, Welfare and Education, Tongmyong University, Busan, Korea.
Hyun-Seok BangDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, College of Health, Welfare and Education, Tongmyong University, Busan, Korea.
Sam-Jun LeeDepartment of Sport Rehabilitation, College of Health, Welfare and Education, Tongmyong University, Busan, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-8491-3602
Tongmyong University · KRGyeongsang National University · KRKangnam University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prenatal stress causes learning deficits by inhibiting neurogenesis in the hippocampus. We studied the effects of maternal treadmill running or offspring treadmill running on the spatial learning ability of adolescent offspring rats or adult offspring rats born to maternal rats that received stress during pregnancy. For this study, spatial learning ability was measured by radial 8-arm maze task. Immunohistochemistry for 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine and Western blot for brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), tyrosine kinase B (TrkB), Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax), and B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) were also conducted. Stress was induced by exposing pregnant rats to hound in an enclosed room. Maternal treadmill running or treadmill running of offspring improved spatial learning ability of adolescent and adult offspring rats born to maternal rats receiving stress during pregnancy. Maternal treadmill running or treadmill running of offspring increased hippocampal cell proliferation of adolescent and adult offspring rats born to maternal rats receiving stress during pregnancy. Maternal treadmill running or treadmill running of offspring increased BDNF and TrkB expression in the hippocampus of adolescent and adult offspring rats born to maternal rats receiving stress during pregnancy. Maternal treadmill running or treadmill running of offspring inhibited Bax expression and increased Bcl-2 expression in the hippocampus of adolescent and adult offspring rats born to maternal rats receiving stress during pregnancy. Mother's exercise during pregnancy or child's exercise after childbirth can improve the spatial learning ability deteriorated due to stress during pregnancy.

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ApoptosisBrain-derived neurotrophic factorCell proliferationMaternal stressSpatial learning abilityTreadmill exercise

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PMID34012934
PMCPMC8103186
OpenAlexW3157045167

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