Author/Authors :
Tahamtan, Mahshid Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan , Allahtavakoli, Mohammad Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan , Abbasnejad, Mehdi Department of Biology - Faculty of Basic Sciences - Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman , Roohbakhsh, Ali Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan , Taghipour, Zahra Department of Anatomy - School of Medical Sciences - Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan , Taghavi, Mohsen Department of Anatomy - School of Medical Sciences - Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan , Khodadadi, Hassan Department of Nursing - Faculty of Nursing - Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan , Shamsizadeh, Ali Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan
Abstract :
Background:
main outcome in patients after stroke, our study was designed to investigate whether exercise preconditioning improves the acute behav-
Methods:
30min/day for 3 weeks. Ischemia was induced by 4-vessel occlusion method. Recognition memory was assessed by novel object recognition
task (NORT) and step-through passive avoidance task. Sensorimotor function and motor movements were evaluated by adhesive
Results: In NORT, the discrimination ratio was decreased after ischemia (P < 0.05) and exercise preconditioning improved it in ischemic
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P < 0.001). In the adhesive removal test, latency to touch and
remove the sticky labels from forepaw was increased following induction of ischemia (all P < 0.001) and exercise preconditioning decreased
these indices compared to the ischemic group (all P < 0.001). In the ledged beam-walking test, the slip ratio was increased following ischemia
(P < 0.05). In the ischemia group, marked neuronal injury in hippocampus was observed. These neuropathological changes were
attenuated by exercise preconditioning (P < 0.001).
Conclusion: Our results showed that exercise preconditioning improves behavioral functions and maintains more viable cells in the
dorsal hippocampus of the ischemic brain.
Keywords :
Cerebral ischemia , exercise preconditioning , passive avoidance , recognition memory