PMID- 24409426 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20140110 LR - 20211021 IS - 2288-176X (Print) IS - 2288-1778 (Electronic) IS - 2288-176X (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 6 DP - 2013 TI - Age-dependent effect of treadmill exercise on hemorrhage-induced neuronal cell death in rats. PG - 506-10 LID - 10.12965/jer.130070 [doi] AB - Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a major cause of death and disability in the elderly. In the present study, we examined the age-dependence of the effect of treadmill exercise on the intrastriatal hemorrhage-induced neuronal cell death in rats. Young (8 weeks old) and old (64 weeks old) Sprague-Dawley male rats were used in the present study. Intrastriatal hemorrhage was induced by injection of 0.2 U collagenase (1 muL volume) into the striatum using a stereotaxic instrument. The rats in the exercise groups were forced to run on a treadmill for 30 min daily for 7 days. Lesion size was determined by Nissl staining. Apoptosis was assessed by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. In the present results, induction of hemorrhage increased lesion size and enhanced apoptosis. Treadmill exercise decreased the lesion size with suppressing apoptosis. However, the size of lesion induced by hemorrhage and the number of apoptotic cells were not different between young and old rats. Treadmill exercise significantly reduced the ICH-induced lesion size and the number of apoptotic cells irrespective of age. The data suggest that treadmill exercise may provide therapeutic value against ICH by suppressing neuronal apoptosis regardless of age. FAU - Yoon, Jin-Hwan AU - Yoon JH AD - Department of Sports Science, College of Life Science and Nano Technology, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Lee, Hee-Hyuk AU - Lee HH AD - Department of Sports Science, College of Life Science and Nano Technology, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Yi, Eun-Surk AU - Yi ES AD - Department of Exercise Rehabilitation & Welfare, College of Health Science, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea. FAU - Baek, Soon Gi AU - Baek SG AD - Department of Sports Health Medicine, College of Health Science, Jungwon University, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20131231 PL - Korea (South) TA - J Exerc Rehabil JT - Journal of exercise rehabilitation JID - 101615171 PMC - PMC3884869 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Age-dependence OT - Apoptosis OT - Intrastriatal hemorrhage OT - Lesion size OT - Striatum OT - Treadmill exercise EDAT- 2014/01/11 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/11 06:01 PMCR- 2013/12/31 CRDT- 2014/01/11 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/12/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/01/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/11 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jer-9-6-506-4 [pii] AID - 10.12965/jer.130070 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Exerc Rehabil. 2013 Dec 31;9(6):506-10. doi: 10.12965/jer.130070. eCollection 2013.