PMID- 30443202 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1662-4548 (Print) IS - 1662-453X (Electronic) IS - 1662-453X (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2018 TI - Nerve Growth Factor Is Responsible for Exercise-Induced Recovery of Septohippocampal Cholinergic Structure and Function. PG - 773 LID - 10.3389/fnins.2018.00773 [doi] LID - 773 AB - Exercise has been shown to improve or rescue cognitive functioning in both humans and rodents, and the augmented actions of neurotrophins within the hippocampus and associated regions play a significant role in the improved neural plasticity. The septohippocampal circuit is modified by exercise. Beyond an enhancement of spatial working memory and a rescue of hippocampal activity-dependent acetylcholine (ACh) efflux, the re-emergence of the cholinergic/nestin neuronal phenotype within the medial septum/diagonal band (MS/dB) is observed following exercise (Hall and Savage, 2016). To determine which neurotrophin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) or nerve growth factor (NGF), is critical for exercise-induced cholinergic improvements, control and amnestic rats had either NGF or BDNF sequestered by TrkA-IgG or TrkB-IgG coated microbeads placed within the dorsal hippocampus. Hippocampal ACh release within the hippocampus during spontaneous alternation was measured and MS/dB cholinergic neuronal phenotypes were assessed. Sequestering NGF, but not BDNF, abolished the exercise-induced recovery of spatial working memory and ACh efflux. Furthermore, the re-emergence of the cholinergic/nestin neuronal phenotype within the MS/dB following exercise was also selectively dependent on the actions of NGF. Thus, exercise-induced enhancement of NGF within the septohippocampal pathway represents a key avenue for aiding failing septo-hippocampal functioning and therefore has significant potential for the recovery of memory and cognition in several neurological disorders. FAU - Hall, Joseph M AU - Hall JM AD - Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, United States. FAU - Gomez-Pinilla, Fernando AU - Gomez-Pinilla F AD - Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States. FAU - Savage, Lisa M AU - Savage LM AD - Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, United States. LA - eng GR - R01 AA021775/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS050465/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 NS085502/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AA025606/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181101 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Neurosci JT - Frontiers in neuroscience JID - 101478481 PMC - PMC6222249 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - NGF OT - acetylcholine OT - basal forebrain OT - exercise OT - hippocampus OT - nestin EDAT- 2018/11/18 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/18 06:01 PMCR- 2018/01/01 CRDT- 2018/11/17 06:00 PHST- 2018/06/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/10/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/11/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/11/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/18 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnins.2018.00773 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Neurosci. 2018 Nov 1;12:773. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00773. eCollection 2018.