Exercise and Neurogenesis

Christie Lab Publications

• Suk Yu Yau, Ang Li, Xin Sun, Christine J. Fontaine, Brian R. Christie and Kwok-Fai So. Potential Biomarkers for Physical Exercise-Induced Brain Health, Prof. Mu Wang (Ed.), InTech. 2016. DOI: 10.5772/62458
  
• Patten AR, Yu S, Fontaine CJ, Meconi A, Wortman RC. The Benefits of Exercise on Structural and Functional Plasticity in the Rodent Hippocampus of Different Disease Models. Brain Plast. 2015;1:97-127. doi:10.3233/BPL-150016.
• Yau SY, Li A, Hoo RLC, et al. Physical exercise-induced hippocampal neurogenesis and antidepressant effects are mediated by the adipocyte hormone adiponectin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014;111(44):15810-15815. doi:10.1073/pnas.1415219111.
• Yau S-Y, Li A, Zhang E-D, et al. Sustained running in rats administered corticosterone prevents the development of depressive behaviors and enhances hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity without increasing neurotrophic factor levels. Cell Transplant. 2014;23(4-5):481-492. doi:10.3727/096368914X678490.
• Yau SY, Gil-Mohapel J, Christie BR, So KF. Physical exercise-induced adult neurogenesis: A good strategy to prevent cognitive decline in neurodegenerative diseases? Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014(Figure 1). doi:10.1155/2014/403120.
• Boehme F, Gil-Mohapel J, Cox A, et al. Voluntary exercise induces adult hippocampal neurogenesis and BDNF expression in a rodent model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Eur J Neurosci. 2011;33(10):1799-1811. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07676.x.
• Titterness AK, Wiebe E, Kwasnica A, Keyes G, Christie BR. Voluntary exercise does not enhance long-term potentiation in the adolescent female dentate gyrus. Neuroscience. 2011;183:25-31. doi:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.03.050.
• Kannangara TS, Lucero MJ, Gil-Mohapel J, et al. Running reduces stress and enhances cell genesis in aged mice. Neurobiol Aging. 2011;32(12):2279-2286. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.12.025.
• Gil-Mohapel J, Simpson JM, Titterness AK, Christie BR. Characterization of the neurogenesis quiescent zone in the rodent brain: effects of age and exercise. Eur J Neurosci. 2010;31(9):1708-1708. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07246.x.
• Hill MN, Titterness AK, Morrish AC, et al. Endogenous cannabinoid signaling is required for voluntary exercise-induced enhancement of progenitor cell proliferation in the hippocampus. Hippocampus. 2010;20(4):513-523. doi:10.1002/hipo.20647.
• Christie BR. Exercising some control over the hippocampus. Hippocampus. 2009;19(10):887-888. doi:10.1002/hipo.20709.
• Christie BR, Eadie BD, Kannangara TS, Robillard JM, Shin J, Titterness AK. Exercising our brains: how physical activity impacts synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus. Neuromolecular Med. 2008;10(2):47-58. doi:10.1007/s12017-008-8033-2.