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Íbias J, Soria-Molinillo E, Kastanauskaite A, Orgaz C, DeFelipe J, Pellón R, Miguéns M. Schedule-induced polydipsia is associated with increased spine density in dorsolateral striatum neurons. Neuroscience 2015; 300:238-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Revised: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The brain, which represents 2% of body mass but consumes 20% of body energy at rest, has a limited capacity to store energy and is therefore highly dependent on oxygen and glucose supply from the blood stream. Normal functioning of neural circuits thus relies on adequate matching between metabolic needs and blood supply. Moreover, not only does the brain need to be densely vascularized, it also requires a tightly controlled environment free of toxins and pathogens to provide the proper chemical composition for synaptic transmission and neuronal function. In this review, we focus on three major factors that ensure optimal brain perfusion and function: the patterning of vascular networks to efficiently deliver blood and nutrients, the function of the blood-brain barrier to maintain brain homeostasis, and the regulation of cerebral blood flow to adequately couple energy supply to neural function.
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- Benjamin J Andreone
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115; , ,
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Lacoste B, Gu C. Control of cerebrovascular patterning by neural activity during postnatal development. Mech Dev 2015; 138 Pt 1:43-9. [PMID: 26116138 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2014] [Revised: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The brain represents only a small portion of the body mass and yet consumes almost a quarter of the available energy, and has a limited ability to store energy. The brain is therefore highly dependent on oxygen and nutrient supply from the blood circulation, which makes it vulnerable to vascular pathologies. Key vascular determinants will ensure proper brain maturation and function: the establishment of vascular networks, the formation of the blood-brain barrier, and the regulation of blood flow. Recent evidence suggests that the phenomenon of neurovascular coupling, during which increased neural activity normally leads to increased blood flow, is not functional until few weeks after birth, implying that the developing brain must rely on alternative mechanisms to adequately couple blood supply to increasing energy demands. This review will focus on these alternative mechanisms, which have been partly elucidated recently via the demonstration that neural activity influences the maturation of cerebrovascular networks. We also propose possible mechanisms underlying activity-induced vascular plasticity.
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- Baptiste Lacoste
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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MRI-detectable changes in mouse brain structure induced by voluntary exercise. Neuroimage 2015; 113:175-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Topcuoglu A, Gokkaya NKO, Ucan H, Karakuş D. The effect of upper-extremity aerobic exercise on complex regional pain syndrome type I: a randomized controlled study on subacute stroke. Top Stroke Rehabil 2015; 22:253-61. [PMID: 25943440 DOI: 10.1179/1074935714z.0000000025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Complex regional pain syndrome type I (CPRS I), is a complex of symptoms characterized by diffuse pain usually with associated swelling, vasomotor instability, and severe functional impairment of the affected extremity in stroke patients. Pain is a prominent feature and is often refractory to variety of treatment. METHODS To investigate the clinical, functional, and psychosocial effects of upper extremity aerobic exercise (UEAE) and compare the effect of aerobic exercise with that of conventional physiotherapy in patients with CPRS type I following stroke as a randomized controlled assesor blinded 4 week-study. A total of 52 inpatients with stroke [mean age: 65.95 ± 8.7 (min. = 53, max. = 80) years, and the mean age of the control group was 67.50 ± 11.2 years], all within 6 months post-stroke and diagnosed with CPRS I. The UEAE program consisted of an arm crank ergometer (10 W/min), in addition to a conventional physiotherapy (whirlpool, TENS, retrograd massage). Primary outcome measures were CPRS clinical determinants (pain, hyperalgesia, allodynia, and autonomic abnormalities) secondary outcome measures were functional independence measure (FIM), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), and Beck Depression Scale scores that were performed at 0 month (baseline) and 4 weeks (post-treatment). RESULTS In UEAE group, patients reported significant pain relief (89.9%) and significant decline in CRPS signs and symptoms. The mean change in pain at shoulder, pain at the hand as well as and NHP and BDS scores between groups were statistically significant (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS UEAE made an excellent improvement in the symptoms and signs of CRPS I. Combined treatment of conventional physiotherapy and aerobic exercises may be an excellent synthesis for this syndrome in these patients.
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Sconce MD, Churchill MJ, Greene RE, Meshul CK. Intervention with exercise restores motor deficits but not nigrostriatal loss in a progressive MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience 2015; 299:156-74. [PMID: 25943481 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Many studies have investigated exercise therapy in Parkinson's disease (PD) and have shown benefits in improving motor deficits. However, exercise does not slow down the progression of the disease or induce the revival of lost nigrostriatal neurons. To examine the dichotomy of behavioral improvement without the slowing or recovery of dopaminergic cell or terminal loss, we tested exercise therapy in an intervention paradigm where voluntary running wheels were installed half-way through our progressive PD mouse model. In our model, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) is administered over 4 weeks with increased doses each week (8, 16, 24, 32-kg/mg). We found that after 4 weeks of MPTP treatment, mice that volunteered to exercise had behavioral recovery in several measures despite the loss of 73% and 53% tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) within the dorsolateral (DL) striatum and the substantia nigra (SN), respectively which was equivalent to the loss seen in the mice that did not exercise but were also administered MPTP for 4 weeks. Mice treated with 4 weeks of MPTP showed a 41% loss of vesicular monoamine transporter II (VMAT2), a 71% increase in the ratio of glycosylated/non-glycosylated dopamine transporter (DAT), and significant increases in glutamate transporters including VGLUT1, GLT-1, and excitatory amino acid carrier 1. MPTP mice that exercised showed recovery of all these biomarkers back to the levels seen in the vehicle group and showed less inflammation compared to the mice treated with MPTP for 4 weeks. Even though we did not measure tissue dopamine (DA) concentration, our data suggest that exercise does not alleviate motor deficits by sparing nigrostriatal neurons, but perhaps by stabilizing the extraneuronal neurotransmitters, as evident by a recovery of DA and glutamate transporters. However, suppressing inflammation could be another mechanism of this locomotor recovery. Although exercise will not be a successful treatment alone, it could supplement other pharmaceutical approaches to PD therapy.
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- M D Sconce
- Research Services, VA Medical Center/Portland, Mail Code: RD-29, Research Services, 3710 SW Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97239, United States
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- Research Services, VA Medical Center/Portland, Mail Code: RD-29, Research Services, 3710 SW Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97239, United States
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- Research Services, VA Medical Center/Portland, Mail Code: RD-29, Research Services, 3710 SW Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97239, United States
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- Research Services, VA Medical Center/Portland, Mail Code: RD-29, Research Services, 3710 SW Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97239, United States; Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, United States; Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, United States.
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Driver ID, Andoh J, Blockley NP, Francis ST, Gowland PA, Paus T. Hemispheric asymmetry in cerebrovascular reactivity of the human primary motor cortex: an in vivo study at 7 T. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2015; 28:538-545. [PMID: 25788020 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Current functional MRI (fMRI) approaches assess underlying neuronal activity through monitoring the related local variations in cerebral blood oxygenation, blood volume and blood flow. This vascular response is likely to vary across brain regions and across individuals, depending on the composition of the local vascular bed and on the vascular capacity to dilate. The most widely used technique uses the blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) fMRI signal, which arises from a complex combination of all of these factors. The model of handedness provides a case where one brain region (dominant motor cortex) is known to have a stronger BOLD response over another (non-dominant motor cortex) during hand motor task performance. We predict that this is accompanied by a higher vascular reactivity in the dominant motor cortex, when compared with the non-dominant motor cortex. Precise measurement of end-tidal CO2 and a novel sinusoidal CO2 respiratory challenge were combined with the high sensitivity and finer spatial resolution available for fMRI at 7 T to measure BOLD cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) in eight healthy male participants. BOLD CVR was compared between the left (dominant) and right (non-dominant) primary motor cortices of right-handed adults. Hemispheric asymmetry in vascular reactivity was predicted and observed in the primary motor cortex (left CVR = 0.60 ± 0.15%/mm Hg; right CVR = 0.47 ± 0.08%/mm Hg; left CVR > right CVR, P = 0.04), the first reported evidence of such a vascular difference. These findings demonstrate a cerebral vascular asymmetry between the left and right primary motor cortex. The origin of this asymmetry largely arises from the contribution of large draining veins. This work has implications for future motor laterality studies that use BOLD, and it is also suggestive of a vascular plasticity in the human primary motor cortex.
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- Ian D Driver
- Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Moreau D, Morrison AB, Conway ARA. An ecological approach to cognitive enhancement: complex motor training. Acta Psychol (Amst) 2015; 157:44-55. [PMID: 25725192 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cognitive training has received a lot of attention recently, yielding findings that can be conflicting and controversial. In this paper, we present a novel approach to cognitive training based on complex motor activities. In a randomized controlled design, participants were assigned to one of three conditions: aerobic exercise, working memory training or designed sport--an intervention specifically tailored to include both physical and cognitive demands. After training for eight weeks, the designed sport group showed the largest gains in all cognitive measures, illustrating the efficacy of complex motor activities to enhance cognition. Designed sport training also revealed impressive health benefits, namely decreased heart rate and blood pressure. In this period of skepticism over the efficacy of computerized cognitive training, we discuss the potential of ecological interventions targeting both cognition and physical fitness, and propose some possible applications.
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Novkovic T, Heumann R, Manahan-Vaughan D. Ras does not contribute to the facilitation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity enabled by environmental enrichment. Neuroscience 2015; 309:214-23. [PMID: 25934042 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Environmental enrichment (EE), which mimics the wealth of sensory, motor and cognitive stimuli that arise through intense interactions with the ambient environment, results in enhanced hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) and spatial learning. A key molecular factor in the mediation of these changes is the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). One of the downstream cascades that is activated by BDNF is the cascade linked to the small GTPase, Ras, that triggers mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity and is part of the cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) pathway that can lead to synaptic restructuring to support LTP. Here, we explored whether persistent activation of Ras in neurons further enhances LTP following EE of rodents. Immediately following weaning, transgenic mice that expressed constitutively activated neuronal Ras, or their wildtype (Wt) littermates, underwent 3weeks of constant EE. In the absence of EE, theta burst stimulation (TBS) evoked LTP in the CA1 region of transgenic mice that was not significantly different from LTP in Wts. After 3weeks of EE, hippocampal LTP was improved in Wt mice. Enriched transgenic mice showed an equivalent level of LTP to enriched Wts, but it was not significantly different from non-enriched synRas controls. Western blot analysis performed after a pull-down assay showed that non-enriched transgenic mice expressed higher Ras activity compared to non-enriched Wts. Following EE, Ras activity was reduced in transgenics to levels detected in Wts. These results show that constitutive activation of Ras does not mimic the effects of EE on LTP. In addition, EE results in an equivalent enhancement of LTP transgenics and Wts, coupled with a decrease in Ras activity to Wt levels. This suggests that permanent activation of Ras in neurons of synRas animals following EE results in an altered feedback regulation of endogenous Ras activity that is not a key factor in LTP enhancements. The maintenance of Ras within a physiological range may thus be required for the optimization of LTP in the hippocampus.
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- T Novkovic
- Medical Faculty, Department of Neurophysiology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany; International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany; Department of Molecular Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Neurophysiology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany; International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
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Kaltsatou A, Grigoriou SS, Karatzaferi C, Giannaki CD, Stefanidis I, Sakkas GK. Cognitive function and exercise training for chronic renal disease patients: A literature review. J Bodyw Mov Ther 2015; 19:509-15. [PMID: 26118524 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2015.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cognitive impairment is very often noted in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Even though, exercise is considered to be a quantifiable activity that improves cognition in animals and humans, it seems that few studies have examined the relationship between cognitive function and CKD from the perspective of physical activity and cognitive performance. Thus, this evidence based review summarizes the present level of knowledge regarding the effects of exercise training on cognitive function in CKD patients. DATA SOURCES A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed and Scopus from May 2014 through June 2014, by using the Cochrane and PRISMA guidelines. REVIEW METHODS Eligibility of the studies based on titles, abstracts and full-text articles was determined by two reviewers. Studies were selected using inclusion and exclusion criteria. We included only those studies that: assessed cognitive function in humans and animals using validated neuropsychological methods in chronic renal diseases patients; used exercise training protocols; addressed randomized control trials or controlled trials or clinical trials designed to evaluate cognitive impairment; and articles that were written in English. Studies were excluded when they concerned behavioral approaches and underpowered studies. RESULTS According to the current review only a few studies have examined the issue of cognitive function in CKD patients. These studies indicate that these patients often exhibit cognitive impairment, which is highly associated with poor outcomes. It has been supported that exercise training can induce positive changes in brain metabolism favoring better scores in cognitive function in Chronic Kidney Disease patients although the physiological mechanisms, which explain the influence of physical activity on cognition, have focused on changes in neurotransmitters, neurotrophins and vasculature. CONCLUSION Systematic exercise training seems to improve cognitive function in Chronic Kidney Disease patients but further research is warranted to further clarify the mechanisms involved.
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- Antonia Kaltsatou
- Department of PE and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Thessaly, Greece
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- Department of PE and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Thessaly, Greece
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Cerebellar direct current stimulation enhances on-line motor skill acquisition through an effect on accuracy. J Neurosci 2015; 35:3285-90. [PMID: 25698763 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2885-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The cerebellum is involved in the update of motor commands during error-dependent learning. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a form of noninvasive brain stimulation, has been shown to increase cerebellar excitability and improve learning in motor adaptation tasks. Although cerebellar involvement has been clearly demonstrated in adaptation paradigms, a type of task that heavily relies on error-dependent motor learning mechanisms, its role during motor skill learning, a behavior that likely involves error-dependent as well as reinforcement and strategic mechanisms, is not completely understood. Here, in humans, we delivered cerebellar tDCS to modulate its activity during novel motor skill training over the course of 3 d and assessed gains during training (on-line effects), between days (off-line effects), and overall improvement. We found that excitatory anodal tDCS applied over the cerebellum increased skill learning relative to sham and cathodal tDCS specifically by increasing on-line rather than off-line learning. Moreover, the larger skill improvement in the anodal group was predominantly mediated by reductions in error rate rather than changes in movement time. These results have important implications for using cerebellar tDCS as an intervention to speed up motor skill acquisition and to improve motor skill accuracy, as well as to further our understanding of cerebellar function.
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Drouin-Ouellet J, Sawiak SJ, Cisbani G, Lagacé M, Kuan WL, Saint-Pierre M, Dury RJ, Alata W, St-Amour I, Mason SL, Calon F, Lacroix S, Gowland PA, Francis ST, Barker RA, Cicchetti F. Cerebrovascular and blood-brain barrier impairments in Huntington's disease: Potential implications for its pathophysiology. Ann Neurol 2015; 78:160-77. [PMID: 25866151 DOI: 10.1002/ana.24406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2015] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although the underlying cause of Huntington's disease (HD) is well established, the actual pathophysiological processes involved remain to be fully elucidated. In other proteinopathies such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, there is evidence for impairments of the cerebral vasculature as well as the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which have been suggested to contribute to their pathophysiology. We investigated whether similar changes are also present in HD. METHODS We used 3- and 7-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging as well as postmortem tissue analyses to assess blood vessel impairments in HD patients. Our findings were further investigated in the R6/2 mouse model using in situ cerebral perfusion, histological analysis, Western blotting, as well as transmission and scanning electron microscopy. RESULTS We found mutant huntingtin protein (mHtt) aggregates to be present in all major components of the neurovascular unit of both R6/2 mice and HD patients. This was accompanied by an increase in blood vessel density, a reduction in blood vessel diameter, as well as BBB leakage in the striatum of R6/2 mice, which correlated with a reduced expression of tight junction-associated proteins and increased numbers of transcytotic vesicles, which occasionally contained mHtt aggregates. We confirmed the existence of similar vascular and BBB changes in HD patients. INTERPRETATION Taken together, our results provide evidence for alterations in the cerebral vasculature in HD leading to BBB leakage, both in the R6/2 mouse model and in HD patients, a phenomenon that may, in turn, have important pathophysiological implications.
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- Janelle Drouin-Ouellet
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec (CHUQ), Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec (CHUQ), Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec (CHUQ), Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec (CHUQ), Québec, Québec, Canada.,Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec (CHUQ), Québec, Québec, Canada.,Département de Médecine Moléculaire, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec (CHUQ), Québec, Québec, Canada.,Département de Psychiatrie & Neurosciences, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
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Wang S, Chen L, Zhang L, Huang C, Xiu Y, Wang F, Zhou C, Luo Y, Xiao Q, Tang Y. Effects of long-term exercise on spatial learning, memory ability, and cortical capillaries in aged rats. Med Sci Monit 2015; 21:945-54. [PMID: 25828032 PMCID: PMC4395020 DOI: 10.12659/msm.893935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background This study aimed to determine the effects of long-term running exercise on spatial learning, spatial memory, and cortical capillaries in aged rats. Material/Methods Fourteen-month-old female and male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into an exercised group (EG) and a non-exercised group (NG). The EG rats were trained on treadmill running for 4 or 14 months. The NG rats were housed under identical conditions without running. Spatial learning and memory were assessed with the Morris water maze. The cortical capillary parameters were quantitatively investigated using immunohistochemical and stereological methods. Results The escaped latencies of the EG were significantly different from those of the NG in 18-month-old females and 28-month-old males (p<0.05). However, 28-month-old females and 18-month-old males showed no differences in escape latency between the EG and NG (p>0.05). In 28-month-old female rats, stereological techniques showed significant differences between the EG and NG in the cortical capillary volume (median, 22.55 vs. 11.42, p<0.05) and the cortical capillary surface area (median, 7474.13 vs. 3935.90, p<0.05). In 28-month-old male rats, the EG had a significantly longer total cortical capillary length (median, 530.35 vs. 156.27, p<0.05), significantly larger cortical capillary volume (median, 16.47 vs. 3.65, p<0.01), and a significantly larger cortical capillary total surface area (median, 7885.79 vs. 1957.16, p<0.01) compared with the NG group. Conclusions These data demonstrate that exercise improved spatial learning, memory capacity and cortical capillaries in aged rats.
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- Sanrong Wang
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China (mainland)
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Wang Z, Guo Y, Myers KG, Heintz R, Holschneider DP. Recruitment of the prefrontal cortex and cerebellum in Parkinsonian rats following skilled aerobic exercise. Neurobiol Dis 2015; 77:71-87. [PMID: 25747184 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Revised: 01/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Exercise modality and complexity play a key role in determining neurorehabilitative outcome in Parkinson's disease (PD). Exercise training (ET) that incorporates both motor skill training and aerobic exercise has been proposed to synergistically improve cognitive and automatic components of motor control in PD patients. Here we introduced such a skilled aerobic ET paradigm in a rat model of dopaminergic deafferentation. Rats with bilateral, intra-striatal 6-hydroxydopamine lesions were exposed to forced ET for 4weeks, either on a simple running wheel (non-skilled aerobic exercise, NSAE) or on a complex wheel with irregularly spaced rungs (skilled aerobic exercise, SAE). Cerebral perfusion was mapped during horizontal treadmill walking or at rest using [(14)C]-iodoantipyrine 1week after the completion of ET. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was quantified by autoradiography and analyzed in 3-dimensionally reconstructed brains by statistical parametric mapping. SAE compared to NSAE resulted in equal or greater recovery in motor deficits, as well as greater increases in rCBF during walking in the prelimbic area of the prefrontal cortex, broad areas of the somatosensory cortex, and the cerebellum. NSAE compared to SAE animals showed greater activation in the dorsal caudate-putamen and dorsal hippocampus. Seed correlation analysis revealed enhanced functional connectivity in SAE compared to NSAE animals between the prelimbic cortex and motor areas, as well as altered functional connectivity between midline cerebellum and sensorimotor regions. Our study provides the first evidence for functional brain reorganization following skilled aerobic exercise in Parkinsonian rats, and suggests that SAE compared to NSAE results in enhancement of prefrontal cortex- and cerebellum-mediated control of motor function.
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- Zhuo Wang
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology, Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Fisher BE, Sullivan KJ. Activity-Dependent Factors Affecting Poststroke Functional Outcomes. Top Stroke Rehabil 2015; 8:31-44. [PMID: 14523736 DOI: 10.1310/b3jd-nml4-v1fb-5yhg] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Over the last several years, there has been increasing recognition of the potential for central nervous system (CNS) recovery after brain damage. One commonality across the recovery and brain plasticity literature is that practice induces plastic, dynamic changes in the CNS. However, more than simply repetition, it is the manipulation of specific practice variables that appears to drive these dynamic processes in the CNS. The experimental manipulations used in the studies on neuroplasticity largely derive from the concept that in the undamaged or healthy brain neuronal connections and cortical maps are continuously remodeled by experience and by the performance of specific, intensive, and complex movements used to solve motor problems and attain goals. Intervention designed to promote recovery rather than compensation after stroke would then manipulate these same practice variables that have consistently promoted behavioral recovery and neuroplasticity in laboratory settings. Three current intervention strategies that incorporate these practice variables are reviewed. Preliminary results provide evidence that manipulation of task intensity and specificity and the sensorimotor experience of the task training are the necessary ingredients for maximizing the tremendous potential for recovery in patients with stroke.
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- B E Fisher
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Davis JZ. Task Selection and Enriched Environments: A Functional Upper Extremity Training Program for Stroke Survivors. Top Stroke Rehabil 2015; 13:1-11. [PMID: 16987787 DOI: 10.1310/d91v-2ney-6fl5-26y2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Functional tasks using real-life objects in an enriched environment provide a multidimensional approach to treatment. Functional tasks are therapeutic for stroke survivors, because they require the simultaneous use of motor control, cognition, visual perception, sensation, and motor planning. Therapists utilizing functional tasks as treatment modalities must also be multidimensional in their implementation. This article provides a systematic approach to guide therapists in developing a functional upper extremity training program for stroke survivors.
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- Jan Z Davis
- International Clinical Educators, Inc., Port Townsend, Washington, USA
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Mouchtouris N, Jabbour PM, Starke RM, Hasan DM, Zanaty M, Theofanis T, Ding D, Tjoumakaris SI, Dumont AS, Ghobrial GM, Kung D, Rosenwasser RH, Chalouhi N. Biology of cerebral arteriovenous malformations with a focus on inflammation. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2015; 35:167-75. [PMID: 25407267 PMCID: PMC4426734 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2014] [Revised: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) entail a significant risk of intracerebral hemorrhage owing to the direct shunting of arterial blood into the venous vasculature without the dissipation of the arterial blood pressure. The mechanisms involved in the growth, progression and rupture of AVMs are not clearly understood, but a number of studies point to inflammation as a major contributor to their pathogenesis. The upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines induces the overexpression of cell adhesion molecules in AVM endothelial cells, resulting in enhanced recruitment of leukocytes. The increased leukocyte-derived release of metalloproteinase-9 is known to damage AVM walls and lead to rupture. Inflammation is also involved in altering the AVM angioarchitecture via the upregulation of angiogenic factors that affect endothelial cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis. The effects of inflammation on AVM pathogenesis are potentiated by certain single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the genes of proinflammatory cytokines, increasing their protein levels in the AVM tissue. Furthermore, studies on metalloproteinase-9 inhibitors and on the involvement of Notch signaling in AVMs provide promising data for a potential basis for pharmacological treatment of AVMs. Potential therapeutic targets and areas requiring further investigation are highlighted.
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- Nikolaos Mouchtouris
- Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- 1] Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [2] Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Neurovascular Surgery and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Dhami P, Moreno S, DeSouza JFX. New framework for rehabilitation - fusion of cognitive and physical rehabilitation: the hope for dancing. Front Psychol 2015; 5:1478. [PMID: 25674066 PMCID: PMC4309167 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Neurorehabilitation programs are commonly employed with the goal to help restore functionality in patients. However, many of these therapies report only having a small impact. In response to the need for more effective and innovative approaches, rehabilitative methods that take advantage of the neuroplastic properties of the brain have been used to aid with both physical and cognitive impairments. Following this path of reasoning, there has been a particular interest in the use of physical exercise as well as musical related activities. Although such therapies demonstrate potential, they also have limitations that may affect their use, calling for further exploration. Here, we propose dance as a potential parallel to physical and music therapies. Dance may be able to aid with both physical and cognitive impairments, particularly due to it combined nature of including both physical and cognitive stimulation. Not only does it incorporate physical and motor skill related activities, but it can also engage various cognitive functions such as perception, emotion, and memory, all while done in an enriched environment. Other more practical benefits, such as promoting adherence due to being enjoyable, are also discussed, along with the current literature on the application of dance as an intervention tool, as well as future directions required to evaluate the potential of dance as an alternative therapy in neurorehabilitation.
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- Prabhjot Dhami
- Department of Biology, York UniversityToronto, ON, Canada
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- Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest HospitalToronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York UniversityToronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychology, Centre for Vision Research, York UniversityToronto, ON, Canada
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Richards L, Hanson C, Wellborn M, Sethi A. Driving Motor Recovery After Stroke. Top Stroke Rehabil 2015; 15:397-411. [DOI: 10.1310/tsr1505-397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ruchika Shaurya Prakash
- Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210;
- Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Psychology and
- Aging Mind and Brain Initiative, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242;
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260;
- Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801;
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Balance deficit enhances anxiety and balance training decreases anxiety in vestibular mutant mice. Behav Brain Res 2015; 276:76-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Revised: 06/22/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Costa V, Lugert S, Jagasia R. Role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in cognition in physiology and disease: pharmacological targets and biomarkers. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2015; 228:99-155. [PMID: 25977081 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16522-6_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is a remarkable form of brain structural plasticity by which new functional neurons are generated from adult neural stem cells/precursors. Although the precise role of this process remains elusive, adult hippocampal neurogenesis is important for learning and memory and it is affected in disease conditions associated with cognitive impairment, depression, and anxiety. Immature neurons in the adult brain exhibit an enhanced structural and synaptic plasticity during their maturation representing a unique population of neurons to mediate specific hippocampal function. Compelling preclinical evidence suggests that hippocampal neurogenesis is modulated by a broad range of physiological stimuli which are relevant in cognitive and emotional states. Moreover, multiple pharmacological interventions targeting cognition modulate adult hippocampal neurogenesis. In addition, recent genetic approaches have shown that promoting neurogenesis can positively modulate cognition associated with both physiology and disease. Thus the discovery of signaling pathways that enhance adult neurogenesis may lead to therapeutic strategies for improving memory loss due to aging or disease. This chapter endeavors to review the literature in the field, with particular focus on (1) the role of hippocampal neurogenesis in cognition in physiology and disease; (2) extrinsic and intrinsic signals that modulate hippocampal neurogenesis with a focus on pharmacological targets; and (3) efforts toward novel strategies pharmacologically targeting neurogenesis and identification of biomarkers of human neurogenesis.
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- Veronica Costa
- Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development, Neuroscience Ophthalmology and Rare Diseases (NORD), Roche Innovation Center Basel, 124 Grenzacherstrasse, 4070, Basel, Switzerland
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Pienaar IS, Lee CH, Elson JL, McGuinness L, Gentleman SM, Kalaria RN, Dexter DT. Deep-brain stimulation associates with improved microvascular integrity in the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2014; 74:392-405. [PMID: 25533682 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has become an accepted treatment for motor symptoms in a subset of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. The mechanisms why DBS is effective are incompletely understood, but previous studies show that DBS targeted in brain structures other than the STN may modify the microvasculature. However, this has not been studied in PD subjects who have received STN-DBS. Here we investigated the extent and nature of microvascular changes in post-mortem STN samples from STN-DBS PD patients, compared to aged controls and PD patients who had not been treated with STN-DBS. We used immunohistochemical and immunofluorescent methods to assess serial STN-containing brain sections from PD and STN-DBS PD cases, compared to similar age controls using specific antibodies to detect capillaries, an adherens junction and tight junction-associated proteins as well as activated microglia. Cellular features in stained sections were quantified by confocal fluorescence microscopy and stereological methods in conjunction with in vitro imaging tools. We found significant upregulation of microvessel endothelial cell thickness, length and density but lowered activated microglia density and striking upregulation of all analysed adherens junction and tight junction-associated proteins in STN-DBS PD patients compared to non-DBS PD patients and controls. Moreover, in STN-DBS PD samples, expression of an angiogenic factor, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), was significantly upregulated compared to the other groups. Our findings suggest that overexpressed VEGF and downregulation of inflammatory processes may be critical mechanisms underlying the DBS-induced microvascular changes.
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- Ilse S Pienaar
- Centre for Neuroinflammation & Neurodegeneration, Division of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom.
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom; Centre for Human Metabonomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Centre for Neuroinflammation & Neurodegeneration, Division of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Neuroinflammation & Neurodegeneration, Division of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Neuroinflammation & Neurodegeneration, Division of Brain Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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Interplay between intra- and interhemispheric remodeling of neural networks as a substrate of functional recovery after stroke: Adaptive versus maladaptive reorganization. Neuroscience 2014; 283:178-201. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.06.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Revised: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Neuroplasticity in normal and brain injured patients: potential relevance of ear wiggling locus of control and cortical projections. Med Hypotheses 2014; 83:838-43. [PMID: 25468045 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Revised: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recovery after brain insult is variable. Research has shown that activation of higher-order cognitive processes create larger gains in recovery than repetitive tasks, most likely due to neuroplasticity. That is, neuroplasticity is promoted by task complexity. Ear wiggling is a rare skill among humans yet may activate and promote advanced recovery after a brain injury. Increased cognitive complexity of learning a new task could allow insights into plasticity in learning new motor tasks and the role of cognitive complexity in learning that task. This paper focuses on a hypothesis relating to white matter pathways dormant in most people (such as those related to ear wiggling). If these pathways can be triggered by electrical/magnetic stimulation and/or higher-order thought into becoming consciously controllable, then it is possible that activation of a dormant, complex skill may assist in re-growth or repair of brain-damaged pathways. The broader potential impact of the proposed hypothesis is that ear wiggling could be used for improving the recovery of TBI or stroke subjects via neuroplasticity processes.
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FABIANI MONICA, LOW KATHYA, TAN CHINHONG, ZIMMERMAN BENJAMIN, FLETCHER MARKA, SCHNEIDER-GARCES NILS, MACLIN EDWARDL, CHIARELLI ANTONIOM, SUTTON BRADLEYP, GRATTON GABRIELE. Taking the pulse of aging: mapping pulse pressure and elasticity in cerebral arteries with optical methods. Psychophysiology 2014; 51:1072-88. [PMID: 25100639 PMCID: PMC9906973 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cerebrovascular support is crucial for healthy cognitive and brain aging. Arterial stiffening is a cause of reduced brain blood flow, a predictor of cognitive decline, and a risk factor for cerebrovascular accidents and Alzheimer's disease. Arterial health is influenced by lifestyle factors, such as cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). We investigated new noninvasive optical measures of cerebrovascular health, which provide estimates of arterial pulse parameters (pulse pressure, transit time, and compliance/elasticity) within specific cerebral arteries and cortical regions, and low-resolution maps of large superficial cerebral arteries. We studied naturally occurring variability in these parameters in adults (aged 55-87), and found that these indices of cerebrovascular health are negatively correlated with age and positively with CRF and gray and white matter volumes. Further, regional pulse transit time predicts specific neuropsychological performance.
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- MONICA FABIANI
- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Bioengineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Bioengineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Psychology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Bioengineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA,Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Therapeutic efficacy of Neuro AiD™ (MLC 601), a traditional Chinese medicine, in experimental traumatic brain injury. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2014; 10:45-54. [PMID: 25331680 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-014-9570-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes increased release of several mediators from injured and dead cells and elicits microglial activation. Activated microglia change their morphology, migrate to injury sites, and release tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and others. In this study we used a controlled fluid percussion injury model of TBI in the rat to determine whether early (4 h post-injury) or late (4 days post-injury) treatment with MLC 601, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, would affect microglial activation and improve recovery. MLC 601 was chosen for this study because its herbal component MLC 901 was beneficial in treating TBI in rats. Herein, rats with induced TBI were treated with MLC 601 (0.2-0.8 mg/kg) 1 h (early treatment) or 4 day post-injury (late treatment) and then injected once daily for consecutive 2 days. Acute neurological and motor deficits were assessed in all rats the day before and 4 days after early MLC 601 treatment. An immunofluorescence microscopy method was used to count the numbers of the cells colocalized with neuron- and apoptosis-specific markers, and the cells colocalized with microglia- and TNF-α-specific markers, in the contused brain regions 4 days post-injury. An immunohistochemistry method was used to evaluate both the number and the morphological transformation of microglia in the injured areas. It was found that early treatment with MLC 601 had better effects in reducing TBI-induced cerebral contusion than did the late therapy with MLC 601. Cerebral contusion caused by TBI was associated with neurological motor deficits, brain apoptosis, and activated microglia (e.g., microgliosis, amoeboid microglia, and microglial overexpression of TNF-α), which all were significantly attenuated by MLC 601 therapy. Our data suggest that MLC 601 is a promising agent for treatment of TBI in rats.
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Ulupinar E, Erol K, Ay H, Yucel F. Rearing conditions differently affect the motor performance and cerebellar morphology of prenatally stressed juvenile rats. Behav Brain Res 2014; 278:235-43. [PMID: 25315128 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The cerebellum is one of the most vulnerable parts of the brain to environmental changes. In this study, the effect of diverse environmental rearing conditions on the motor performances of prenatally stressed juvenile rats and its reflection to the cerebellar morphology were investigated. Prenatally stressed Wistar rats were grouped according to different rearing conditions (Enriched=EC, Standard=SC and Isolated=IC) after weaning. Six weeks later, male and female offspring from different litters were tested behaviorally. In rotarod and string suspension tests, females gained better scores than males. Significant gender and housing effects were observed especially on the motor functions requiring fine skills with the best performance by enriched females, but the worst by enriched males. The susceptibility of cerebellar macro- and micro-neurons to environmental conditions was compared using stereological methods. In female groups, no differences were observed in the volume proportions of cerebellar layers, soma sizes and the numerical densities of granule or Purkinje cells. However, a significant interaction between housing and gender was observed in the granule to Purkinje cell ratio of males, due to the increased numerical densities of the granule cells in enriched males. These data imply that proper functioning of the cerebellum relies on its well organized and evolutionarily conserved structure and circuitry. Although early life stress leads to long term behavioral and neurobiological consequences in the offspring, diverse rearing conditions can alter the motor skills of animals and synaptic connectivity between Purkinje and granular cells in a gender dependent manner.
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- Emel Ulupinar
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey; Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Department, Health Science Institute of Eskişehir Osmangazi University, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey.
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- Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Department, Health Science Institute of Eskişehir Osmangazi University, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey; Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Department, Health Science Institute of Eskişehir Osmangazi University, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey
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Greaves E, Collins F, Esnal-Zufiaurre A, Giakoumelou S, Horne AW, Saunders PTK. Estrogen receptor (ER) agonists differentially regulate neuroangiogenesis in peritoneal endometriosis via the repellent factor SLIT3. Endocrinology 2014; 155:4015-26. [PMID: 25051436 DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent neurovascular disorder characterized by growth of endometrial tissue (lesions) outside the uterine cavity. Patients suffer chronic pelvic pain, and it has been proposed that co-recruitment of nerves/blood vessels (neuroangiogenesis) into the lesions is fundamental to the development of painful symptoms. We hypothesized that estrogen-dependent regulation of axonal guidance molecules of the SLIT/ROBO (Roundabout) family could play a role in neuroangiogenesis occurring in endometriosis lesions found on the peritoneal wall. In tissue samples from human patients and a mouse model of endometriosis, concentrations of mRNA encoded by SLIT3 were significantly higher in lesions than normal peritoneum. Estrogen regulation of SLIT3 was investigated using 17β-estradiol and selective agonists for each subtype of estrogen receptor (ER) (ERα agonist, 4,4',4″-(4-propyl-(1H)-pyrazole-1,3,5-tryl) trisphenol; ERβ agonist, 2,3-bis(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-propionitrile [DPN]). In mice, DPN (EC50 0.85) increased Slit3 mRNA concentrations compared with hormone-depleted and 17β-estradiol-treated (EC50 0.1) animals and decreased the density of nerves but not vessels in endometriosis lesions. SLIT3 mRNA concentrations were increased in DPN-treated human endometrial endothelial cells and in 4,4',4″-(4-propyl-(1H)-pyrazole-1,3,5-tryl) trisphenol-treated (EC50 200) rat dorsal root ganglia neurons. Functional assays (neurite outgrowth, network formation) revealed that SLIT3 promotes angiogenesis but decreases neurogenesis. In conclusion, these data suggest that estrogen-dependent expression of SLIT3 may play a key role in regulating nerve-vessel interactions within the complex microenvironment of endometriosis lesions.
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- Erin Greaves
- Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, The University of Edinburgh, Queens Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, United Kingdom
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Burzynska AZ, Chaddock-Heyman L, Voss MW, Wong CN, Gothe NP, Olson EA, Knecht A, Lewis A, Monti JM, Cooke GE, Wojcicki TR, Fanning J, Chung HD, Awick E, McAuley E, Kramer AF. Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are beneficial for white matter in low-fit older adults. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107413. [PMID: 25229455 PMCID: PMC4167864 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Physical activity (PA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are associated with better cognitive function in late life, but the neural correlates for these relationships are unclear. To study these correlates, we examined the association of both PA and CRF with measures of white matter (WM) integrity in 88 healthy low-fit adults (age 60–78). Using accelerometry, we objectively measured sedentary behavior, light PA, and moderate to vigorous PA (MV-PA) over a week. We showed that greater MV-PA was related to lower volume of WM lesions. The association between PA and WM microstructural integrity (measured with diffusion tensor imaging) was region-specific: light PA was related to temporal WM, while sedentary behavior was associated with lower integrity in the parahippocampal WM. Our findings highlight that engaging in PA of various intensity in parallel with avoiding sedentariness are important in maintaining WM health in older age, supporting public health recommendations that emphasize the importance of active lifestyle.
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- Agnieszka Zofia Burzynska
- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Novkovic T, Mittmann T, Manahan-Vaughan D. BDNF contributes to the facilitation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity and learning enabled by environmental enrichment. Hippocampus 2014; 25:1-15. [PMID: 25112659 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sensory, motor, and cognitive stimuli, resulting from interactions with the environment, play a key role in optimizing and modifying the neuronal circuitry required for normal brain function. An experimental animal model for this phenomenon comprises environmental enrichment (EE) in rodents. EE causes profound changes in neuronal and signaling levels of excitation and plasticity throughout the entire central nervous system and the hippocampus is particularly affected. The mechanisms underlying these changes are not yet fully understood. As brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) supports hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), we explored whether it participates in the facilitation of synaptic plasticity and hippocampus-dependent learning that occurs following EE. In the absence of EE, LTP elicited by high-frequency stimulation was equivalent in wildtype mice and heterozygous BDNF(+/-) siblings. LTP elicited by theta-burst stimulation in BDNF(+/-) mice was less than in wildtypes. Long-term depression (LTD) was also impaired. EE for three weeks, beginning after weaning, improved hippocampal LTP in both wildtype and transgenic animals, with LTP in transgenics achieving levels seen in wildtypes in the absence of EE. Object recognition memory was evident in wildtypes 24 h and 7 days after initial object exposure. EE improved memory performance in wildtypes 24 h but not 7 days after initial exposure. BDNF(+/-) mice in the absence of EE showed impaired memory 7 days after initial object exposure that was restored by EE. Western blotting revealed increased levels of BDNF, but not proBDNF, among both EE cohorts. These data support that BDNF plays an intrinsic role in improvements of synaptic plasticity and cognition that occur in EE.
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- Tanja Novkovic
- Medical Faculty, Department of Neurophysiology, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany; International Graduate School of Neuroscience, 44780 Bochum, Germany, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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Sink KM, Espeland MA, Rushing J, Castro CM, Church TS, Cohen R, Gill TM, Henkin L, Jennings JM, Kerwin DR, Manini TM, Myers V, Pahor M, Reid KF, Woolard N, Rapp SR, Williamson JD. The LIFE Cognition Study: design and baseline characteristics. Clin Interv Aging 2014; 9:1425-36. [PMID: 25210447 PMCID: PMC4154884 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s65381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Observational studies have shown beneficial relationships between exercise and cognitive function. Some clinical trials have also demonstrated improvements in cognitive function in response to moderate-high intensity aerobic exercise; however, these have been limited by relatively small sample sizes and short durations. The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) Study is the largest and longest randomized controlled clinical trial of physical activity with cognitive outcomes, in older sedentary adults at increased risk for incident mobility disability. One LIFE Study objective is to evaluate the effects of a structured physical activity program on changes in cognitive function and incident all-cause mild cognitive impairment or dementia. Here, we present the design and baseline cognitive data. At baseline, participants completed the modified Mini Mental Status Examination, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test, Digit Symbol Coding, Modified Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure, and a computerized battery, selected to be sensitive to changes in speed of processing and executive functioning. During follow up, participants completed the same battery, along with the Category Fluency for Animals, Boston Naming, and Trail Making tests. The description of the mild cognitive impairment/dementia adjudication process is presented here. Participants with worse baseline Short Physical Performance Battery scores (prespecified at ≤ 7) had significantly lower median cognitive test scores compared with those having scores of 8 or 9 with modified Mini Mental Status Examination score of 91 versus (vs) 93, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test delayed recall score of 7.4 vs 7.9, and Digit Symbol Coding score of 45 vs 48, respectively (all P<0.001). The LIFE Study will contribute important information on the effects of a structured physical activity program on cognitive outcomes in sedentary older adults at particular risk for mobility impairment. In addition to its importance in the area of prevention of cognitive decline, the LIFE Study will also likely serve as a model for exercise and other behavioral intervention trials in older adults.
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- Kaycee M Sink
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Pennington Biomedical, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Institute on Aging and Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Texas Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, TX, USA
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- Institute on Aging and Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Institute on Aging and Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Nutrition, Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Laboratory, Jean Mayer United States Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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Lacoste B, Comin CH, Ben-Zvi A, Kaeser PS, Xu X, Costa LDF, Gu C. Sensory-related neural activity regulates the structure of vascular networks in the cerebral cortex. Neuron 2014; 83:1117-30. [PMID: 25155955 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Neurovascular interactions are essential for proper brain function. While the effect of neural activity on cerebral blood flow has been extensively studied, whether or not neural activity influences vascular patterning remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate that neural activity promotes the formation of vascular networks in the early postnatal mouse barrel cortex. Using a combination of genetics, imaging, and computational tools to allow simultaneous analysis of neuronal and vascular components, we found that vascular density and branching were decreased in the barrel cortex when sensory input was reduced by either a complete deafferentation, a genetic impairment of neurotransmitter release at thalamocortical synapses, or a selective reduction of sensory-related neural activity by whisker plucking. In contrast, enhancement of neural activity by whisker stimulation led to an increase in vascular density and branching. The finding that neural activity is necessary and sufficient to trigger alterations of vascular networks reveals an important feature of neurovascular interactions.
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- Baptiste Lacoste
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- IFSC, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Wang Z, Guo Y, Myers KG, Heintz R, Peng YH, Maarek JMI, Holschneider DP. Exercise alters resting-state functional connectivity of motor circuits in parkinsonian rats. Neurobiol Aging 2014; 36:536-44. [PMID: 25219465 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Revised: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Few studies have examined changes in functional connectivity after long-term aerobic exercise. We examined the effects of 4 weeks of forced running wheel exercise on the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) of motor circuits of rats subjected to bilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of the dorsal striatum. Our results showed substantial similarity between lesion-induced changes in rsFC in the rats and alterations in rsFC reported in Parkinson's disease subjects, including disconnection of the dorsolateral striatum. Exercise in lesioned rats resulted in: (1) normalization of many of the lesion-induced alterations in rsFC, including reintegration of the dorsolateral striatum into the motor network; (2) emergence of the ventrolateral striatum as a new broadly connected network hub; and (3) increased rsFC among the motor cortex, motor thalamus, basal ganglia, and cerebellum. Our results showed for the first time that long-term exercise training partially reversed lesion-induced alterations in rsFC of the motor circuits, and in addition enhanced functional connectivity in specific motor pathways in the parkinsonian rats, which could underlie recovery in motor functions observed in these animals.
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- Zhuo Wang
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Rajab AS, Crane DE, Middleton LE, Robertson AD, Hampson M, MacIntosh BJ. A single session of exercise increases connectivity in sensorimotor-related brain networks: a resting-state fMRI study in young healthy adults. Front Hum Neurosci 2014; 8:625. [PMID: 25177284 PMCID: PMC4132485 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Habitual long term physical activity is known to have beneficial cognitive, structural, and neuro-protective brain effects, but to date there is limited knowledge on whether a single session of exercise can alter the brain's functional connectivity, as assessed by resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). The primary objective of this study was to characterize potential session effects in resting-state networks (RSNs). We examined the acute effects of exercise on the functional connectivity of young healthy adults (N = 15) by collecting rs-fMRI before and after 20 min of moderate intensity aerobic exercise and compared this with a no-exercise control group (N = 15). Data were analyzed using independent component analysis, denoising and dual regression procedures. Regions of interest-based group session effect statistics were calculated in RSNs of interest using voxel-wise permutation testing and Cohen's D effect size. Group analysis in the exercising group data set revealed a session effect in sub-regions of three sensorimotor related areas: the pre and/or postcentral gyri, secondary somatosensory area and thalamus, characterized by increased co-activation after exercise (corrected p < 0.05). Cohen's D analysis also showed a significant effect of session in these three RSNs (p< 0.05), corroborating the voxel-wise findings. Analyses of the no-exercise dataset produced no significant results, thereby providing support for the exercise findings and establishing the inherent test-retest reliability of the analysis pipeline on the RSNs of interest. This study establishes the feasibility of rs-fMRI to localize brain regions that are associated with acute exercise, as well as an analysis consideration to improve sensitivity to a session effect.
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- Ahmad S Rajab
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Toronto ON, Canada ; Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute Toronto, ON, Canada ; Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Toronto ON, Canada ; Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery, Sunnybrook Research Institute Toronto, ON, Canada
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Niemann C, Godde B, Voelcker-Rehage C. Not only cardiovascular, but also coordinative exercise increases hippocampal volume in older adults. Front Aging Neurosci 2014; 6:170. [PMID: 25165446 PMCID: PMC4131191 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular activity has been shown to be positively associated with gray and white matter volume of, amongst others, frontal and temporal brain regions in older adults. This is particularly true for the hippocampus, a brain structure that plays an important role in learning and memory, and whose decline has been related to the development of Alzheimer's disease. In the current study, we were interested in whether not only cardiovascular activity but also other types of physical activity, i.e., coordination training, were also positively associated with the volume of the hippocampus in older adults. For this purpose we first collected cross-sectional data on "metabolic fitness" (cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength) and "motor fitness" (e.g., balance, movement speed, fine coordination). Second, we performed a 12-month randomized controlled trial. Results revealed that motor fitness but not metabolic fitness was associated with hippocampal volume. After the 12-month intervention period, both, cardiovascular and coordination training led to increases in hippocampal volume. Our findings suggest that a high motor fitness level as well as different types of physical activity were beneficial to diminish age-related hippocampal volume shrinkage or even increase hippocampal volume.
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- Claudia Niemann
- Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, Jacobs University BremenBremen, Germany
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- Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, Jacobs University BremenBremen, Germany
- AgeAct Research Center, Jacobs University BremenBremen, Germany
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- Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, Jacobs University BremenBremen, Germany
- AgeAct Research Center, Jacobs University BremenBremen, Germany
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Lennemann LM, Sidrow KM, Johnson EM, Harrison CR, Vojta CN, Walker TB. The influence of agility training on physiological and cognitive performance. J Strength Cond Res 2014; 27:3300-9. [PMID: 23442271 DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0b013e31828ddf06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Agility training (AT) has recently been instituted in several military communities in hopes of improving combat performance and general fitness. The purpose of this study was to determine how substituting AT for traditional military physical training (PT) influences physical and cognitive performance. Forty-one subjects undergoing military technical training were divided randomly into 2 groups for 6 weeks of training. One group participated in standard military PT consisting of calisthenics and running. A second group duplicated the amount of exercise of the first group but used AT as their primary mode of training. Before and after training, subjects completed a physical and cognitive battery of tests including V[Combining Dot Above]O2max, reaction time, Illinois Agility Test, body composition, visual vigilance, dichotic listening, and working memory tests. There were significant improvements within the AT group in V[Combining Dot Above]O2max, Illinois Agility Test, visual vigilance, and continuous memory. There was a significant increase in time-to-exhaustion for the traditional group. We conclude that AT is as effective or more effective as PT in enhancing physical fitness. Further, it is potentially more effective than PT in enhancing specific measures of physical and cognitive performance, such as physical agility, memory, and vigilance. Consequently, we suggest that AT be incorporated into existing military PT programs as a way to improve war-fighter performance. Further, it seems likely that the benefits of AT observed here occur in various other populations.
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- Lynette M Lennemann
- 1Air Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Brooks City-Base, San Antonio, Texas; and 2Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
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De Bartolo P, Florenzano F, Burello L, Gelfo F, Petrosini L. Activity-dependent structural plasticity of Purkinje cell spines in cerebellar vermis and hemisphere. Brain Struct Funct 2014; 220:2895-904. [DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0833-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Draganski B, Kherif F, Lutti A. Computational anatomy for studying use-dependant brain plasticity. Front Hum Neurosci 2014; 8:380. [PMID: 25018716 PMCID: PMC4072968 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this article we provide a comprehensive literature review on the in vivo assessment of use-dependant brain structure changes in humans using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computational anatomy. We highlight the recent findings in this field that allow the uncovering of the basic principles behind brain plasticity in light of the existing theoretical models at various scales of observation. Given the current lack of in-depth understanding of the neurobiological basis of brain structure changes we emphasize the necessity of a paradigm shift in the investigation and interpretation of use-dependent brain plasticity. Novel quantitative MRI acquisition techniques provide access to brain tissue microstructural properties (e.g., myelin, iron, and water content) in-vivo, thereby allowing unprecedented specific insights into the mechanisms underlying brain plasticity. These quantitative MRI techniques require novel methods for image processing and analysis of longitudinal data allowing for straightforward interpretation and causality inferences.
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- Bogdan Draganski
- LREN - Department for Clinical Neurosciences, CHUV, University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland ; Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany
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- LREN - Department for Clinical Neurosciences, CHUV, University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland
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- LREN - Department for Clinical Neurosciences, CHUV, University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland
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Phillips C, Baktir MA, Srivatsan M, Salehi A. Neuroprotective effects of physical activity on the brain: a closer look at trophic factor signaling. Front Cell Neurosci 2014; 8:170. [PMID: 24999318 PMCID: PMC4064707 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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While the relationship between increased physical activity and cognitive ability has been conjectured for centuries, only recently have the mechanisms underlying this relationship began to emerge. Convergent evidence suggests that physical activity offers an affordable and effective method to improve cognitive function in all ages, particularly the elderly who are most vulnerable to neurodegenerative disorders. In addition to improving cardiac and immune function, physical activity alters trophic factor signaling and, in turn, neuronal function and structure in areas critical for cognition. Sustained exercise plays a role in modulating anti-inflammatory effects and may play a role in preserving cognitive function in aging and neuropathological conditions. Moreover, recent evidence suggests that myokines released by exercising muscles affect the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor synthesis in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, a finding that could lead to the identification of new and therapeutically important mediating factors. Given the growing number of individuals with cognitive impairments worldwide, a better understanding of how these factors contribute to cognition is imperative, and constitutes an important first step toward developing non-pharmacological therapeutic strategies to improve cognition in vulnerable populations.
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- Cristy Phillips
- Department of Physical Therapy, Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Erciyes University Kayseri, Turkey; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University Jonesboro, AR, USA
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- VA Palo Alto Health Care System Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Physical exercise-induced adult neurogenesis: a good strategy to prevent cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases? BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:403120. [PMID: 24818140 PMCID: PMC4000963 DOI: 10.1155/2014/403120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2013] [Revised: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Cumulative evidence has indicated that there is an important role for adult hippocampal neurogenesis in cognitive function. With the increasing prevalence of cognitive decline associated with neurodegenerative diseases among the ageing population, physical exercise, a potent enhancer of adult hippocampal neurogenesis, has emerged as a potential preventative strategy/treatment to reduce cognitive decline. Here we review the functional role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in learning and memory, and how this form of structural plasticity is altered in neurodegenerative diseases known to involve cognitive impairment. We further discuss how physical exercise may contribute to cognitive improvement in the ageing brain by preserving adult neurogenesis, and review the recent approaches for measuring changes in neurogenesis in the live human brain.
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Zimmerman B, Sutton BP, Low KA, Fletcher MA, Tan CH, Schneider-Garces N, Li Y, Ouyang C, Maclin EL, Gratton G, Fabiani M. Cardiorespiratory fitness mediates the effects of aging on cerebral blood flow. Front Aging Neurosci 2014; 6:59. [PMID: 24778617 PMCID: PMC3985032 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2014] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The brain's vasculature is likely to be subjected to the same age-related physiological and anatomical changes affecting the rest of the cardiovascular system. Since aerobic fitness is known to alleviate both cognitive and volumetric losses in the brain, it is important to investigate some of the possible mechanisms underlying these beneficial changes. Here we investigated the role that estimated cardiorespiratory fitness (eCRF) plays in determining the relationship between aging and cerebral blood flow (CBF) in a group of older adults (ages 55–85). Using arterial spin labeling to quantify CBF, we found that blood flow in the gray matter was positively correlated with eCRF and negatively correlated with age. Subsequent analyses revealed that eCRF fully mediated the effects of age on CBF in the gray matter, but not in the white matter. Additionally, regional measures of CBF were related to regional measures of brain volume. These findings provide evidence that age-related effects on cerebrovascular health and perfusion in older adults are largely influenced by their eCRF levels.
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- Benjamin Zimmerman
- Neuroscience Program, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA
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Cai L, Chan JSY, Yan JH, Peng K. Brain plasticity and motor practice in cognitive aging. Front Aging Neurosci 2014; 6:31. [PMID: 24653695 PMCID: PMC3947993 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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For more than two decades, there have been extensive studies of experience-based neural plasticity exploring effective applications of brain plasticity for cognitive and motor development. Research suggests that human brains continuously undergo structural reorganization and functional changes in response to stimulations or training. From a developmental point of view, the assumption of lifespan brain plasticity has been extended to older adults in terms of the benefits of cognitive training and physical therapy. To summarize recent developments, first, we introduce the concept of neural plasticity from a developmental perspective. Secondly, we note that motor learning often refers to deliberate practice and the resulting performance enhancement and adaptability. We discuss the close interplay between neural plasticity, motor learning and cognitive aging. Thirdly, we review research on motor skill acquisition in older adults with, and without, impairments relative to aging-related cognitive decline. Finally, to enhance future research and application, we highlight the implications of neural plasticity in skills learning and cognitive rehabilitation for the aging population.
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- Liuyang Cai
- Department of Psychology, Tsinghua University Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychology, Tsinghua University Beijing, China ; Institute of Affective and Social Neuroscience, Shenzhen University Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Psychology, Tsinghua University Beijing, China
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Yun HS, Park MS, Ji ES, Kim TW, Ko IG, Kim HB, Kim H. Treadmill exercise ameliorates symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder through reducing Purkinje cell loss and astrocytic reaction in spontaneous hypertensive rats. J Exerc Rehabil 2014; 10:22-30. [PMID: 24678501 PMCID: PMC3952832 DOI: 10.12965/jer.140092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral disorder of cognition. We investigated the effects of treadmill exercise on Purkinje cell and astrocytic reaction in the cerebellum of the ADHD rat. Adult male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKYR) weighing 210± 10 g were used. The animals were randomly divided into four groups (n= 15): control group, ADHD group, ADHD and methylphenidate (MPH)-treated group, ADHD and treadmill exercise group. The rats in the MPH-treated group as a positive control received 1 mg/kg MPH orally once a day for 28 consecutive days. The rats in the treadmill exercise group were made to run on a treadmill for 30 min once a day for 28 days. Motor coordination and balance were determined by vertical pole test. Immunohistochemistry for the expression of calbindinD-28 and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in the cerebellar vermis and Western blot for GFAP, Bax, and Bcl-2 were conducted. In the present results, ADHD significantly decreased balance and the number of calbindin-positive cells, while GFAP expression and Bax/Bcl-2 ratio in the cerebellum were significantly increased in the ADHD group compared to the control group (P< 0.05, respectively). In contrast, treadmill exercise and MPH alleviated the ADHD-induced the decrease of balance and the number of calbindine-positive cells, and the increase of GFAP expression and Bax/Bcl-2 ratio in the cerebellum (P< 0.05, respectively). Therefore, the present results suggested that treadmill exercise might exert ameliorating effect on ADHD through reduction of Purkinje cell loss and astrocytic reaction in the cerebellum.
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- Department of Health and Welfare for the Elderly, Graduate School, Daegu Haany University, Gyeongsan, Korea
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- Department of Sport & Health Science, College of Natural Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Taekwondo, College of Physical Education, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oriental Sports Medicine, College of Biomedical Science, Daegu Haany University, Gyeongsan, Korea
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Coubard OA, Ferrufino L, Nonaka T, Zelada O, Bril B, Dietrich G. One month of contemporary dance modulates fractal posture in aging. Front Aging Neurosci 2014; 6:17. [PMID: 24611047 PMCID: PMC3933810 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Understanding the human aging of postural control and how physical or motor activity improves balance and gait is challenging for both clinicians and researchers. Previous studies have evidenced that physical and sporting activity focusing on cardiovascular and strength conditioning help older adults develop their balance and gait and/or decrease their frequency of falls. Motor activity based on motor-skill learning has also been put forward as an alternative to develop balance and/or prevent falls in aging. Specifically dance has been advocated as a promising program to boost motor control. In this study, we examined the effects of contemporary dance (CD) on postural control of older adults. Upright stance posturography was performed in 38 participants aged 54-89 years before and after the intervention period, during which one half of the randomly assigned participants was trained to CD and the other half was not trained at all (no dance, ND). CD training lasted 4 weeks, 3 times a week. We performed classical statistic scores of postural signal and dynamic analyses, namely signal diffusion analysis (SDA), recurrence quantification analysis (RQA), and detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA). CD modulated postural control in older trainees, as revealed in the eyes closed condition by a decrease in fractal dimension and an increase in DFA alpha component in the mediolateral plane. The ND group showed an increase in length and mean velocity of postural signal, and the eyes open a decrease in RQA maximal diagonal line in the anteroposterior plane and an increase in DFA alpha component in the mediolateral plane. No change was found in SDA in either group. We suggest that such a massed practice of CD reduced the quantity of exchange between the subject and the environment by increasing their postural confidence. Since CD has low-physical but high-motor impact, we conclude that it may be recommended as a useful program to rehabilitate posture in aging.
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- The Neuropsychological Laboratory, CNS-FedParis, France
- Groupe de Recherche Apprentissage et Contexte, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences SocialesParis, France
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- Research Institute of Health and Welfare, Kibi International UniversityTakahashi, Okayama, Japan
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- Facultad de Medicina Dr. Aurelio Melean, Universidad Mayor de San SimonCochabamba, Bolivia
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- Groupe de Recherche Apprentissage et Contexte, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences SocialesParis, France
- Techniques et Enjeux du Corps, Université Paris DescartesParis, France
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- Groupe de Recherche Apprentissage et Contexte, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences SocialesParis, France
- Techniques et Enjeux du Corps, Université Paris DescartesParis, France
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Tian Q, Erickson KI, Simonsick EM, Aizenstein HJ, Glynn NW, Boudreau RM, Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB, Yaffe K, Harris TB, Rosano C. Physical activity predicts microstructural integrity in memory-related networks in very old adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2014; 69:1284-90. [PMID: 24474004 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although the beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) on memory and executive function are well established in older adults, little is known about the relationship between PA and brain microstructure and the contributions of physical functional limitations and chronic diseases. This study examined whether higher PA would be longitudinally associated with greater microstructural integrity in memory- and executive function-related networks and whether these associations would be independent of physical function and chronic diseases. METHODS Diffusion tensor imaging was obtained in 2006-2008 in 276 participants (mean age = 83.0 years, 58.7% female, 41.3% black) with PA (sedentary, lifestyle active, and exercise active) measured in 1997-1998. Gait speed, cognition, depressive symptoms, cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, hypertension, stroke, and diabetes were measured at both time points. Mean diffusivity and fractional anisotropy were computed from normal-appearing gray and white matter in frontoparietal and subcortical networks. Moderating effects of physical function and chronic diseases were tested using hierarchical regression models. RESULTS Compared with the sedentary, the exercise active group had lower mean diffusivity in the medial temporal lobe and the cingulate cortex (β, p values: -.405, .023 and -.497, .006, respectively), independent of age, sex, and race. Associations remained independent of other variables, although they were attenuated after adjustment for diabetes. Associations between PA and other neuroimaging markers were not significant. CONCLUSIONS Being exercise active predicts greater memory-related microstructural integrity in older adults. Future studies in older adults with diabetes are warranted to examine the neuroprotective effect of PA in these networks.
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- Qu Tian
- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health and
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Translational Gerontology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Sticht Center on Aging, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health and
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- Sticht Center on Aging, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health and
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Kobilo T, Guerrieri D, Zhang Y, Collica SC, Becker KG, van Praag H. AMPK agonist AICAR improves cognition and motor coordination in young and aged mice. Learn Mem 2014; 21:119-26. [PMID: 24443745 PMCID: PMC3895225 DOI: 10.1101/lm.033332.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Normal aging can result in a decline of memory and muscle function. Exercise may prevent or delay these changes. However, aging-associated frailty can preclude physical activity. In young sedentary animals, pharmacological activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), a transcriptional regulator important for muscle physiology, enhanced spatial memory function, and endurance. In the present study we investigated effects of AMPK agonist 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside (AICAR) on memory and motor function in young (5- to 7-wk-old) and aged (23-mo-old) female C57Bl/6 mice, and in young (4- to 6-wk-old) transgenic mice with muscle-specific mutated AMPK α2-subunit (AMPK-DN). Mice were injected with AICAR (500 mg/kg) for 3–14 d. Two weeks thereafter animals were tested in the Morris water maze, rotarod, and open field. Improved water maze performance and motor function were observed, albeit at longer duration of administration, in aged (14-d AICAR) than in young (3-d AICAR) mice. In the AMPK-DN mice, the compound did not enhance behavior, providing support for a muscle-mediated mechanism. In addition, microarray analysis of muscle and hippocampal tissue derived from aged mice treated with AICAR revealed changes in gene expression in both tissues, which correlated with behavioral effects in a dose-dependent manner. Pronounced up-regulation of mitochondrial genes in muscle was observed. In the hippocampus, genes relevant to neuronal development and plasticity were enriched. Altogether, endurance-related factors may mediate both muscle and brain health in aging, and could play a role in new therapeutic interventions.
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- Tali Kobilo
- Neuroplasticity and Behavior Unit, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Fabiani M, Gordon BA, Maclin EL, Pearson MA, Brumback-Peltz CR, Low KA, McAuley E, Sutton BP, Kramer AF, Gratton G. Neurovascular coupling in normal aging: a combined optical, ERP and fMRI study. Neuroimage 2014; 85 Pt 1:592-607. [PMID: 23664952 PMCID: PMC3791333 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Revised: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Brain aging is characterized by changes in both hemodynamic and neuronal responses, which may be influenced by the cardiorespiratory fitness of the individual. To investigate the relationship between neuronal and hemodynamic changes, we studied the brain activity elicited by visual stimulation (checkerboard reversals at different frequencies) in younger adults and in older adults varying in physical fitness. Four functional brain measures were used to compare neuronal and hemodynamic responses obtained from BA17: two reflecting neuronal activity (the event-related optical signal, EROS, and the C1 response of the ERP), and two reflecting functional hemodynamic changes (functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI, and near-infrared spectroscopy, NIRS). The results indicated that both younger and older adults exhibited a quadratic relationship between neuronal and hemodynamic effects, with reduced increases of the hemodynamic response at high levels of neuronal activity. Although older adults showed reduced activation, similar neurovascular coupling functions were observed in the two age groups when fMRI and deoxy-hemoglobin measures were used. However, the coupling between oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobin changes decreased with age and increased with increasing fitness. These data indicate that departures from linearity in neurovascular coupling may be present when using hemodynamic measures to study neuronal function.
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Nishiyama H. Learning-Induced Structural Plasticity in the Cerebellum. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2014; 117:1-19. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-420247-4.00001-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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