PMID- 23427087 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150715 LR - 20150107 IS - 1095-8355 (Electronic) IS - 1065-6995 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Apr TI - Effect of treadmill running on the expression of genes that are involved in neuronal differentiation in the hippocampus of adult male rats. PG - 276-83 AB - Gene expression in the rodent brain is dependent on exercise. However, our findings regarding this fact are inadequate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of exercise intensity on changes in factors involved in neuronal differentiation and plasticity in the hippocampus of adult male rats. Thus, the effects of 2 weeks treadmill running at of low (11 m/min) and high (25 m/min) intensities, 30 min/day for 14 consecutive days on the expression of two genes, microRNA-124 and neuron restrictive silencer factor/RE1-silencing transcription factor (REST) as well as changes of two proteins of brain-derived eurotrophic factor (BDNF) and tyrosine kinase B (TrkB) were analysed. Using quantitative real-time PCR techniques have shown that both exercise intensities reduced the expression of REST (31% in low exercise intensity, 52% in high exercise intensity) and elevated the expression of miR-124 (3.8-fold in low exercise intensity, 11.9-fold in high exercise intensity)significantly (P