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ArticleBiochemistry and biophysics reports2026

Effects of metformin and exercise on Alzheimer's model induced by D-galactose in the rats: A behavioral, histological and BDNF gene study.

Tahereh Varmazyar, Nasrin Heidariyeh, Shima Ababzadeh

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Article in Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tahereh VarmazyarDepartment of Biology, Qo. C., Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
Nasrin HeidariyehDepartment of Biology, Qo. C., Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
Shima AbabzadehDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, Faculty of Medical Science, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.

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Abstract

The objective of the current research is to investigate the cognitive performance of male Alzheimer's disease rats in the context of the combined effects of exercise and metformin. The rats were divided into eight different groups. The Morris water maze (MWM) and the open field test (OFT) were employed to assess the cognitive functionality and motor activity of rats, respectively. The hippocampus of rats was subjected to histological evaluation, and expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was measured using the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. On concluding day of training, the d-gal-met100-exe group (D-galactose plus optimized 100mg/kg of metformin along with exercise) exhibited a diminished duration in the target quadrant (

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Alzheimer's diseaseBDNF geneD-galactoseExerciseLearningMemoryMetformin

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