Mastication influences the survival of newly generated cells in mouse dentate gyrus
Mastication influences the survival of newly generated cells in mouse dentate gyrus
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DOI:
10.1097/00001756-200502280-00009
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发表时间:
2005-02
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影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
M. Mitome;T. Hasegawa;T. Shirakawa
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作者:
M. Mitome;T. Hasegawa;T. Shirakawa
We examined the effects of soft food and tooth loss on neurogenesis in the adult dentate gyrus. Four-week-old mice were subjected to a powder diet for 10 weeks with or without removal of molars. They received a daily injection of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) at 14 weeks of age for 12 consecutive days. The number of BrdU-positive cells in the dentate gyrus of these mice did not differ from that of control at 1 day after the last BrdU injection. However, the BrdU-positive cells in these mice showed a larger reduction in number than in control at 5 weeks after the BrdU injection and the ratio of neurons to BrdU-positive cells decreased in the molarless mice. These results suggest that mastication influences the survival of newly generated cells in the adult dentate gyrus.