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The diversity and plasticity of descending motor pathways rewired after stroke and trauma in rodents
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Descending neural pathways to the spinal cord plays vital roles in motor control. They are often damaged by brain injuries such as stroke and trauma, which lead to severe motor impairments. Due to the limited capacity for regeneration o...
Publication · June 18, 2026
Exercise and low-level GABAA receptor inhibition modulate locomotor activity and the expression of BDNF accompanied by changes in epigenetic regulation in the hippocampus.
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Aerobic exercise is known to increase expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus and to improve cognitive function. The inhibition of GABAergic synapses enhances hippocampal plasticity as well as learning ...
Publication · June 18, 2026
Exercise enhances the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hippocampus accompanied by epigenetic alterations in senescence-accelerated mice prone 8.
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Exercise increases the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus and beneficially contributes to cognitive function and is accompanied by epigenetic changes. Specifically, the activity levels of histone a...
Publication · June 18, 2026
Therapeutic exercise accompanied by neuronal modulation to enhance neurotrophic factors in the brain with central nervous system disorders.
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Exercise is a primary therapeutic regimen in physical therapy to rehabilitate the motor function of patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders such as cerebrovascular accident (CVA). Furthermore, exercise positively contribute...
Publication · June 18, 2026
Exercise plus pharmacological neuromodulation of synaptic inhibition enhance motor function recovery after ischemic stroke.
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The objective of this study was to examine the interactive effects of exercise and low-level inhibition of GABAA receptors on the recovery of motor function and BDNF expression in the primary motor cortex (M1) of a stroke rat...
Publication · June 18, 2026
Low-Level Inhibition of GABAergic Synapses Enhances Gene Expressions Crucial for Neuronal Plasticity in the Hippocampus After Ischemic Stroke.
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OBJECTIVE
Pharmacological inhibition of GABAergic synapses could represent a potent neuromodulation strategy to activate hippocampal neurons and increase neurotrophic factor gene expression, thus exerting a beneficial effect on post-str...
Publication · June 18, 2026
Effects of exercise and pharmacological inhibition of histone deacetylases (HDACs) on epigenetic regulations and gene expressions crucial for neuronal plasticity in the motor cortex.
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The objective of this study was to examine the effect of epigenetic treatment using an histone deacetylases (HDAC) inhibitor in addition to aerobic exercise on the epigenetic markers and neurotrophic gene expressions in the motor cortex...
Publication · June 18, 2026
In vivo local transcranial static magnetic field stimulation alters motor behavior in normal rats.
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Transcranial static magnetic field stimulation (tSMS) has inhibitory neuromodulatory effects on the human brain. Most of the studies on static magnetic fields have been performed in vitro. To further understand the biological mechanisms...
Publication · June 18, 2026