title: Biological basis of neuroprotection and neurotherapeutic effects of Whole Body Periodic Acceleration (pGz).
abstract: Exercise is a well known neuroprotective and neurotherapeutic strategy in animal models and humans with brain injury and cognitive dysfunction. In part, exercise induced beneficial effects relate to endothelial derived nitric oxide (eNO) production and induction of the neurotrophins; Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and Glial Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF). Whole Body Periodic Acceleration (WBPA (pGz), is the motion of the supine body headward to footward in a sinusoidal fashion, at frequencies of 100-160 cycles/min, inducing pulsatile shear stress to the vascular endothelium. WBPA (pGz) increases eNO in the cardiovascular system in animal models and humans. We hypothesized that WBPA (pGz) has neuroprotective and neurotherapeutic effects due to enhancement of biological pathways that include eNOS, BDNF and GDNF. We discuss protein expression analysis of these in brain of rodents. Animal and observational human data affirm a neuroprotective and neurotherapeutic role for WBPA (pGz). These findings suggest that WBPA (pGz) in addition to its well known beneficial cardiovascular effects can be a simple non-invasive neuroprotective and neurotherapeutic strategy with far reaching health benefits.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology and Department of Research, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, United States. Electronic address: Tony-adams@msmc.com.
authors.forename: Jose A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology and Department of Research, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, United States.
authors.forename: Arkady
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uryash
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology and Department of Research, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, United States.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bassuk
authors.affiliation: Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States.
authors.forename: Marvin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sackner
authors.affiliation: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, United States.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kurlansky
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D051098:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations / Q000379:methods*; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D051098:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factors; D009569:Nitric Oxide