Sex differences in the benefits of rehabilitative training during adolescence following neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in rats
Sex differences in the benefits of rehabilitative training during adolescence following neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in rats
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DOI:
10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.09.002
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发表时间:
2010-12-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Fujiwara, Michihiro
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作者:
Tsuji, Masahiro;Aoo, Naoya;Fujiwara, Michihiro
Much effort and many resources are being devoted to rehabilitative programs for children with disabilities caused by neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy without clear evidence of the efficacy of such programs. We recently reported that rehabilitative training tasks during adolescence improve spatial learning impairment following neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury in rats without histological improvement. In the present study we focused on sex differences. Wister rat pups were exposed to a unilateral hypoxic-ischemic insult at 7 days of age. Six weeks after hypoxia-ischemia, rehabilitative training tasks were started. The tasks consisted of the plus maze, the eight-arm radial maze, and the choice reaction time task. Sixteen weeks after the insult, the water maze task was performed to evaluate spatial learning ability. Afterwards, we morphologically examined brain injury. Our rehabilitative training significantly improved swimming time and length in females (P