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Preventive and Therapeutic Effect of Treadmill Running on Chronic Stress-Induced Memory Deficit in Rats Publisher Pubmed



Radahmadi M1 ; Alaei H1 ; Sharifi MR1 ; Hosseini N1
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Source: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies Published:2015


Abstract

Previous results indicated that stress impairs learning and memory. In this research, the effects of preventive, therapeutic and regular continually running activity on chronic stress-induced memory deficit in rats were investigated. 70 male rats were randomly divided into seven groups as follows: Control, Sham, Stress-Rest, Rest-Stress, Stress-Exercise, Exercise-Stress and Exercise-Stress & Exercise groups. Chronic restraint stress was applied 6h/day for 21days and treadmill running 1h/day. Memory function was evaluated by the passive avoidance test. The results revealed that running activities had therapeutic effect on mid and long-term memory deficit and preventive effects on short and mid-term memory deficit in stressed rats. Regular continually running activity improved mid and long-term memory compared to Exercise-Stress group. The beneficial effects of exercise were time-dependent in stress conditions. Finally, data corresponded to the possibility that treadmill running had a more important role on treatment rather than on prevention on memory impairment induced by stress. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
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