Nerve growth factor-like activity detected in equine peripheral blood after running exercise.
Addition of sera, collected from Thoroughbred horses after sprint exercise, induced significant neurite outgrowth from chick embryo dorsal root ganglia after a 24-hour culture. The nerve growth factor (NGF)-like activity was detected in sera collected immediately, or 1 hour or more, after the exercise. These findings suggest a possible role of serum NGF-like activity under stress conditions (running exercise) of horses.
Matsuda
H
H
Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Agriculture, University of Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Koyama
H
H
Oikawa
M
M
Yoshihara
T
T
Kaneko
M
M
D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D006736:Horses / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000097:blood*; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary*
D009414:Nerve Growth Factors