원문정보
초록
영어
Voluntary exercise has previously been shown to enhance cognitive recovery after acquired brain injury (ABI). The present study evaluated effects of two differentially distributed protocols of delayed, voluntary exercise on cognitive recovery using an allocentric place learning task in an 8-arm radial maze. Fifty-four Wistar rats were subjected to either bilateral transection of the fimbria-fornix (FF) or to sham surgery. Twen-ty-one days postinjury, the animals started exercising in running wheels either for 14 consecutive days (FF/exercise daily [ExD], sham/ExD) or every other day for 14 days (FF/exercise every second day [ExS], sham/ExS). Additional groups were given no exercise treatment (FF/not exer-cise [NE], sham/NE). Regardless of how exercise was distributed, we found no cognitively enhancing effects of exercise in the brain injured animals. Design and protocol factors possibly affecting the efficacy of post-ABI exercise are discussed.
목차
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Subjects and experimental groups
Voluntary exercise in running wheels
Allocentric place learning task in 8-arm radial maze
Surgery
Histology
Statistics analysis
RESULTS
Anatomy
Body weights during exercise
Running wheel exercise
Behavior
DISCUSSION
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES