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ArticleJournal of neurotrauma2021

Moderate Intensity Treadmill Exercise Increases Survival of Newborn Hippocampal Neurons and Improves Neurobehavioral Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury.

Kate Karelina, Katarina Schneiderman, Sarthak Shah, Julie Fitzgerald, Ruth Velazquez Cruz, Robin Oliverio, Bailey Whitehead, Jingzhen Yang, Zachary M Weil

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Article in Journal of neurotrauma, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kate KarelinaDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Katarina SchneidermanDepartment of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Sarthak ShahDepartment of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Julie FitzgeraldDepartment of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Ruth Velazquez CruzDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Robin OliverioDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Bailey WhiteheadDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
Jingzhen YangNationwide Children's Hospital, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Zachary M WeilDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.
West Virginia University · USThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · USNationwide Children's Hospital · US

Funding

West Virginia IDEA-CTRU54GM104942 · NIGMS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Reagan Curtis · 2012 to 2026
$81.0M
Ohio State University Neuroscience Center Core-Core EP30NS104177 · NINDS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, ANTHONY · 2017 to 2020
$1.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104942NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS104177
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physician-prescribed rest after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is both commonplace and an increasingly scrutinized approach to TBI treatment. Although this practice remains a standard of patient care for TBI, research of patient outcomes reveals little to no benefit of prescribed rest after TBI, and in some cases prolonged rest has been shown to interfere with patient well-being. In direct contrast to the clinical advice regarding physical activity after TBI, animal models of brain injury consistently indicate that exercise is neuroprotective and promotes recovery. Here, we assessed the effect of low and moderate intensity treadmill exercise on functional outcome and hippocampal neural proliferation after brain injury. Using the controlled cortical impact (CCI) mouse model of TBI, we show that 10 days of moderate intensity treadmill exercise initiated after CCI reduces anxiety-like behavior, improves hippocampus-dependent spatial memory, and promotes hippocampal proliferation and newborn neuronal survival. Pathophysiological measures including lesion volume and axon degeneration were not altered by exercise. Taken together, these data reveal that carefully titrated physical activity may be a safe and effective approach to promoting recovery after brain injury.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, NewbornBrain Injuries, TraumaticCell SurvivalExercise TestHippocampusMaleMaze LearningMiceMicrogliaNeurogenesisNeuronsPhysical Conditioning, AnimalRecovery of FunctionSpatial MemoryTreatment Outcomeanxietyexerciselearning and memoryneurogenesistraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID33470170
PMCPMC8219196
OpenAlexW3124954016

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