PMID- 12954454 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030930 LR - 20190701 IS - 0024-3205 (Print) IS - 0024-3205 (Linking) VI - 73 IP - 19 DP - 2003 Sep 26 TI - Treadmill exercise suppresses ischemia-induced increment in apoptosis and cell proliferation in hippocampal dentate gyrus of gerbils. PG - 2455-65 AB - Cerebral ischemia resulting from transient or permanent occlusion of cerebral arteries leads to neuronal cell death and eventually causes neurological impairments. In the present study, the effects of treadmill exercise on apoptosis and cell proliferation in the hippocampal dentate gyrus following transient global ischemia in gerbils were investigated using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay and immunohistochemistry for caspase-3 and 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU). It was shown that apoptotic cell death and cell proliferation in the hippocampal dentate gyrus were significantly increased following transient global ischemia in gerbils and that treadmill exercise suppressed the ischemia-induced increase in apoptosis and cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus. The present results suggest that treadmill exercise may protect cells from apoptotic death and aid in recovery from the central nervous system sequelae following stroke. FAU - Lee, Myoung-Hwa AU - Lee MH AD - Research Institute of Sports Science, Korea University, #1 5-Ka Anam-dong, Sungbuk-ku, Seoul 136-701 South Korea. FAU - Kim, Hong AU - Kim H FAU - Kim, Sung-Soo AU - Kim SS FAU - Lee, Taeck-Hyun AU - Lee TH FAU - Lim, Baek-Vin AU - Lim BV FAU - Chang, Hyun-Kyung AU - Chang HK FAU - Jang, Mi-Hyeon AU - Jang MH FAU - Shin, Min-Chul AU - Shin MC FAU - Shin, Mal-Soon AU - Shin MS FAU - Kim, Chang-Ju AU - Kim CJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Life Sci JT - Life sciences JID - 0375521 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*physiology MH - Cell Division/physiology MH - Dentate Gyrus/*pathology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Gerbillinae MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling MH - Ischemic Attack, Transient/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Male MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - *Physical Exertion EDAT- 2003/09/05 05:00 MHDA- 2003/10/01 05:00 CRDT- 2003/09/05 05:00 PHST- 2003/09/05 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/10/01 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/09/05 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0024320503006556 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0024-3205(03)00655-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Life Sci. 2003 Sep 26;73(19):2455-65. doi: 10.1016/s0024-3205(03)00655-6.