Paternal treadmill exercise enhances spatial learning and memory related to hippocampus among male offspring

MM Yin, W Wang, J Sun, S Liu, XL Liu, YM Niu… - Behavioural brain …, 2013 - Elsevier
Both epidemiologic and laboratory studies suggest that parents can shape their offspring's
development. Recently, it has been shown that maternal exercise during pregnancy benefits …

Maternal exercise during pregnancy increases BDNF levels and cell numbers in the hippocampal formation but not in the cerebral cortex of adult rat offspring

S Gomes da Silva, AA De Almeida, J Fernandes… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Clinical evidence has shown that physical exercise during pregnancy may alter brain
development and improve cognitive function of offspring. However, the mechanisms through …

Serotonergic and noradrenergic lesions suppress the enhancing effect of maternal exercise during pregnancy on learning and memory in rat pups

MM Akhavan, M Emami-Abarghoie, M Safari… - Neuroscience, 2008 - Elsevier
The beneficial effects of exercise on learning and memory are well documented but the
effects of prenatal exposure to maternal exercise on offspring are not clear yet. Using a two …

The influence of maternal treadmill running during pregnancy on short-term memory and hippocampal cell survival in rat pups

H Kim, SH Lee, SS Kim, JH Yoo, CJ Kim - International journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Maternal exercise during pregnancy has been suggested to exert the beneficial effects on
the brain functions of offspring. In the present study, we attempted to determine the effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal exercise and cognitive functions of the offspring

AM Robinson, DJ Bucci - Cognitive sciences, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Substantial research has established that exercise can improve mental health and cognitive
function in both human and non-human animals. Exercise has been shown to improve …

[HTML][HTML] Paternal physical exercise improves spatial learning ability by enhancing hippocampal neuroplasticity in male pups born from obese maternal rats

HS Park, TW Kim - Journal of exercise rehabilitation, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Maternal obesity exerts negative effects on cognitive function and behavior of the offspring.
In the present study, we assessed the effects of paternal physical exercise on spatial …

Running in pregnancy transiently increases postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis in the offspring

A Bick-Sander, B Steiner, SA Wolf… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Voluntary wheel running of mice in pregnancy and lactation led to a twofold increase in
hippocampal precursor-cell proliferation and in the number of Prox1-expressing lineage …

Exercise during pregnancy increases hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA expression and spatial learning in neonatal rat pup

P Parnpiansil, N Jutapakdeegul, T Chentanez… - Neuroscience …, 2003 - Elsevier
Physical activities for a few days can increase brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
mRNA in rat hippocampus. To investigate the influence of maternal exercise during …

Effects of maternal physical exercise on global DNA methylation and hippocampal plasticity of rat male offspring

E Segabinazi, C Spindler, ALF de Meireles, FV Piazza… - Neuroscience, 2019 - Elsevier
Intrauterine exposure to exercise is beneficial to cognition of the offspring. Although it is
advisable to start practicing physical exercise during pregnancy, it is probable that …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of maternal voluntary wheel running during pregnancy on adult hippocampal neurogenesis, temporal order memory, and depression-like behavior in …

SY Yau, THY Lee, DA Formolo, WL Lee… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Research suggests that maternal exercise in pregnancy may have beneficial effects on the
brain function of offspring. This study sought to determine if voluntary wheel running during …