PMID- 19280661 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091214 LR - 20211020 IS - 1098-1063 (Electronic) IS - 1050-9631 (Print) IS - 1050-9631 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 10 DP - 2009 Oct TI - Voluntary exercise and caloric restriction enhance hippocampal dendritic spine density and BDNF levels in diabetic mice. PG - 951-61 LID - 10.1002/hipo.20577 [doi] AB - Diabetes may adversely affect cognitive function, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. To investigate whether manipulations that enhance neurotrophin levels will also restore neuronal structure and function in diabetes, we examined the effects of wheel running and dietary energy restriction on hippocampal neuron morphology and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in db/db mice, a model of insulin resistant diabetes. Running wheel activity, caloric restriction, or the combination of the two treatments increased levels of BDNF in the hippocampus of db/db mice. Enhancement of hippocampal BDNF was accompanied by increases in dendritic spine density on the secondary and tertiary dendrites of dentate granule neurons. These studies suggest that diabetes exerts detrimental effects on hippocampal structure, and that this state can be attenuated by increasing energy expenditure and decreasing energy intake. CI - Copyright 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. FAU - Stranahan, Alexis M AU - Stranahan AM AD - Psychology department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. FAU - Lee, Kim AU - Lee K FAU - Martin, Bronwen AU - Martin B FAU - Maudsley, Stuart AU - Maudsley S FAU - Golden, Erin AU - Golden E FAU - Cutler, Roy G AU - Cutler RG FAU - Mattson, Mark P AU - Mattson MP LA - eng GR - F31 AG024690-03/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AG027668/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - ZIA AG000319-02/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States GR - F31 AG024690-04/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - F31 AG024690/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - F31 AG024690-02/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PL - United States TA - Hippocampus JT - Hippocampus JID - 9108167 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Leptin) RN - 0 (leptin receptor, mouse) SB - IM EIN - Hippocampus. 2009 Nov;19(11):1151 MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - *Caloric Restriction MH - Dendritic Spines/*physiology MH - Diabetes Mellitus/*physiopathology MH - Diet, Reducing MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Hippocampus/cytology/*physiopathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Mutant Strains MH - Neurons/cytology/physiology MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal/*physiology MH - Receptors, Leptin/genetics MH - Running/physiology MH - Volition PMC - PMC2755651 MID - NIHMS108454 EDAT- 2009/03/13 09:00 MHDA- 2009/12/16 06:00 PMCR- 2009/12/01 CRDT- 2009/03/13 09:00 PHST- 2009/03/13 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/03/13 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2009/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/hipo.20577 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hippocampus. 2009 Oct;19(10):951-61. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20577.