PMID- 23443175 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130628 LR - 20211021 IS - 1559-7016 (Electronic) IS - 0271-678X (Print) IS - 0271-678X (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 5 DP - 2013 May TI - Post ischemia intermittent hypoxia induces hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic alterations and alleviates long-term memory impairment. PG - 764-73 LID - 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.15 [doi] AB - Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is important for learning and memory, especially after a brain injury such as ischemia. Newborn hippocampal neurons contribute to memory performance by establishing functional synapses with target cells. This study demonstrated that the maturation of hippocampal neurons is enhanced by postischemia intermittent hypoxia (IH) intervention. The effects of IH intervention in cultured neurons were mediated by increased synaptogenesis, which was primarily regulated by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/PI3K/AKT. Hippocampal neo-neurons expressed BDNF and exhibited enhanced presynaptic function as indicated by increases in the pSynapsin expression, synaptophysin intensity, and postsynapse density following IH intervention after ischemia. Postischemia IH-induced hippocampal neo-neurons were affected by presynaptic activity, which reflected the dynamic plasticity of the glutamatergic receptors. These alterations were also associated with the alleviation of ischemia-induced long-term memory impairment. Our results suggest that postischemia IH intervention rescued ischemia-induced spatial learning and memory impairment by inducing hippocampal neurogenesis and functional synaptogenesis via BDNF expression. FAU - Tsai, Yi-Wei AU - Tsai YW AD - Department and Institute of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Yang, Yea-Ru AU - Yang YR FAU - Sun, Synthia H AU - Sun SH FAU - Liang, Keng-Chen AU - Liang KC FAU - Wang, Ray-Yau AU - Wang RY LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130227 PL - United States TA - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab JT - Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism JID - 8112566 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain Ischemia/*metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Hippocampus/*cytology MH - Male MH - Memory Disorders/*metabolism MH - *Memory, Long-Term MH - *Neurogenesis MH - Neurons/*cytology/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Synapses/metabolism PMC - PMC3652689 EDAT- 2013/02/28 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/03 06:00 PMCR- 2014/05/01 CRDT- 2013/02/28 06:00 PHST- 2013/02/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jcbfm201315 [pii] AID - 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.15 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2013 May;33(5):764-73. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2013.15. Epub 2013 Feb 27.