PMID- 24780769 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150113 LR - 20140602 IS - 1873-7544 (Electronic) IS - 0306-4522 (Linking) VI - 271 DP - 2014 Jun 20 TI - Physical exercise training and neurovascular unit in ischemic stroke. PG - 99-107 LID - S0306-4522(14)00332-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.030 [doi] AB - Physical exercise could exert a neuroprotective effect in both clinical studies and animal experiments. A series of related studies have indicated that physical exercise could reduce infarct volume, alleviate neurological deficits, decrease blood-brain barrier dysfunction, promote angiogenesis in cerebral vascular system and increase the survival rate after ischemic stroke. In this review, we summarized the protective effects of physical exercise on neurovascular unit (NVU), including neurons, astrocytes, pericytes and the extracellular matrix. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that exercise training could decrease the blood-brain barrier dysfunction and promote angiogenesis in cerebral vascular system. An awareness of the exercise intervention benefits pre- and post stroke may lead more stroke patients and people with high-risk factors to accept exercise therapy for the prevention and treatment of stroke. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Wang, X AU - Wang X AD - Department of Neurology, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, PR China. FAU - Zhang, M AU - Zhang M AD - Department of Pathophysiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China. FAU - Feng, R AU - Feng R AD - Department of Neurology, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, PR China. FAU - Li, W B AU - Li WB AD - Department of Pathophysiology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China. FAU - Ren, S Q AU - Ren SQ AD - Department of Neurology, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, PR China. FAU - Zhang, J AU - Zhang J AD - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, PR China. FAU - Zhang, F AU - Zhang F AD - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, PR China; Hebei Provincial Orthopedic Biomechanics Key Laboratory, The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, PR China. Electronic address: zjk20019@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20140426 PL - United States TA - Neuroscience JT - Neuroscience JID - 7605074 SB - IM MH - Brain/blood supply/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Brain Ischemia/pathology/*physiopathology/*therapy MH - Exercise Therapy/*methods MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Stroke/pathology/*physiopathology/*therapy OTO - NOTNLM OT - angiogenesis OT - blood-brain barrier (BBB) OT - cerebral blood vessels OT - neurovascular unit (NVU) OT - stroke EDAT- 2014/05/02 06:00 MHDA- 2015/01/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/05/01 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/03/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/04/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/05/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/05/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/01/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S0306-4522(14)00332-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.030 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuroscience. 2014 Jun 20;271:99-107. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.04.030. Epub 2014 Apr 26.