PMID- 28493333 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180608 LR - 20181029 IS - 1097-4547 (Electronic) IS - 0360-4012 (Linking) VI - 95 IP - 12 DP - 2017 Dec TI - Treadmill exercise attenuates 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-induced memory impairment through a decrease apoptosis in male rat hippocampus. PG - 2448-2455 LID - 10.1002/jnr.24078 [doi] AB - 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) leads to apoptosis in the hippocampus with consequent induction of learning and memory impairment. In this study, we have investigated the effects of treadmill exercise on memory in relation to apoptosis and oxidative stress in the hippocampi of MDMA-treated rats. Male Wistar rats received multiple intraperitoneal (IP) injections of MDMA (10 mg/kg) and exercised for one month on a treadmill (simultaneously or asynchronously with MDMA). We assessed memory function with the Morris water maze (MWM) test. Lipid peroxidation (LPO) and expression of caspase 3, Bax, and Bcl-2 were examined by the thiobarbituric acid assay (TBA) and western blot, respectively. Our results showed that asynchronous treadmill exercise could significantly improve MDMA-induced memory impairment in the MWM test. Caspase 3 expression decreased in the exercise group compared to the MDMA group. Although MDMA treatment caused an increase in the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, the treadmill exercise reduced this ratio. Simultaneous exercise caused a reduction in lipid peroxidation in the hippocampus. This data suggests that treadmill exercise can be a useful strategy for treating memory impairment in persons with neurodegenerative disease and stimulant drug users. (c) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. CI - (c) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Gharebaghi, Alireza AU - Gharebaghi A AD - Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. FAU - Amiri, Iraj AU - Amiri I AD - Endometrium and Endometriosis Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. FAU - Salehi, Iraj AU - Salehi I AD - Neurophysiology Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. FAU - Shahidi, Siamak AU - Shahidi S AD - Neurophysiology Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. FAU - Komaki, Alireza AU - Komaki A AD - Neurophysiology Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. FAU - Mehdizadeh, Mehdi AU - Mehdizadeh M AD - Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Moravej, Fahimeh Ghasemi AU - Moravej FG AD - Anatomy Department, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. FAU - Asl, Sara Soleimani AU - Asl SS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1518-3308 AD - Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substance Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. AD - Anatomy Department, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20170511 PL - United States TA - J Neurosci Res JT - Journal of neuroscience research JID - 7600111 RN - 0 (Serotonin Agents) RN - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*physiology MH - Hippocampus/*pathology MH - Male MH - Maze Learning/drug effects MH - Memory Disorders/etiology MH - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*toxicity MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal/*physiology MH - Random Allocation MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Serotonin Agents/*toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - MDMA OT - apoptosis OT - exercise OT - hippocampus OT - memory EDAT- 2017/05/12 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/09 06:00 CRDT- 2017/05/12 06:00 PHST- 2016/10/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/04/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/04/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jnr.24078 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurosci Res. 2017 Dec;95(12):2448-2455. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24078. Epub 2017 May 11.