PMID- 23178910 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130701 LR - 20131121 IS - 1873-7544 (Electronic) IS - 0306-4522 (Linking) VI - 230 DP - 2013 Jan 29 TI - The effects of voluntary running exercise coincidence with social isolation after early weaning on monoaminergic axonal development. PG - 31-8 LID - S0306-4522(12)01131-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.11.020 [doi] AB - The axonal development of serotonin (5-HT)-, noradrenaline (NA)-, or tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-containing monoaminergic neurons is affected by rearing conditions during the juvenile period. Impaired monoaminergic axonal development is implicated in the pathophysiology of emotional and cognitive dysfunction. On the other hand, exercise may have beneficial effects on emotional and learning performance in adults. We have examined whether voluntary running exercise during social isolation after early weaning (early weaning/social isolation; EI) from postnatal day (PD) 14-28 could prevent the impaired monoaminergic axonal development associated with EI. Compared with control animals reared with their dam and siblings until PD28, the EI animals showed lower density of 5-HT and NA axons in the dorsal-medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and basolateral nucleus of the amygdala and of NA- and TH-containing axons in the ventral-mPFC. These adverse effects of EI were not observed in rats taking part in voluntary running (EI+R) when these animals were compared to controls. The 5-HT axon density in the ventral-mPFC was significantly higher in the EI+R rats than that in the EI rats, although both these values were significantly lower than those in the control rats. The density of monoaminergic axons in the dentate gyrus and CA3 of the hippocampus was not affected by either EI or EI+R. These results suggest that the beneficial effects of voluntary running may be because of the modulation of monoaminergic axonal morphology. Our findings will hopefully provide the basis for future research into the beneficial effects of voluntary exercise during the juvenile period on brain development and emotional and cognitive performance. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Ishikawa, J AU - Ishikawa J AD - Systems Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minamikogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan. junko-lc@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp FAU - Ishikawa, A AU - Ishikawa A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121120 PL - United States TA - Neuroscience JT - Neuroscience JID - 7605074 RN - 0 (Biogenic Monoamines) RN - 333DO1RDJY (Serotonin) RN - EC 1.14.16.2 (Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase) RN - EC 1.14.17.1 (Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase) RN - X4W3ENH1CV (Norepinephrine) SB - IM MH - Age Factors MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Axons/*metabolism MH - Biogenic Monoamines/*metabolism MH - *Brain/cytology/growth & development/metabolism MH - Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/physiology MH - Locomotion/*physiology MH - Male MH - Norepinephrine/metabolism MH - *Physical Conditioning, Animal MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Serotonin/metabolism MH - Social Isolation/*psychology MH - Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase/metabolism MH - Weaning EDAT- 2012/11/28 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/03 06:00 CRDT- 2012/11/27 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/11/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/11/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/03 06:00 [medline] AID - S0306-4522(12)01131-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.11.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroscience. 2013 Jan 29;230:31-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.11.020. Epub 2012 Nov 20.