title: The compensatory effect of regular exercise on long-term memory impairment in sleep deprived female rats.
abstract: Previous studies have been shown that exercise can improve short-term spatial learning, memory and synaptic plasticity impairments in sleep deprived female rats. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of treadmill exercise on sleep deprivation (SD) induced impairment in hippocampal dependent long-term memory in female rats. Intact and ovariectomized female rats were used in the current study. Exercise protocol was 4 weeks treadmill running. Twenty four hour SD was induced by using multiple platform apparatus after learning phase. Spatial learning and long-term memory was examined by using the Morris Water Maze (MWM) test. Our results indicated that sleep deprivation impaired long term memory in the intact and ovariectomized female rats, regardless of reproductive status (p<0.05) and treadmill exercise compensated this impairment (p<0.05). In conclusion the results of the current study confirmed the negative effect of SD on cognitive functions and regular exercise seems to protect rats from these factors, however more investigations need to be done.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salari
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran. Electronic address: vsheibani2@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sheibani
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran. Electronic address: hsadat54@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hakimeh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saadati
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Alimohammad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pourrahimi
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: khaksarihadad
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Khadijeh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Esmaeelpour
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khodamoradi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000503:physiopathology; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000502:physiology; D057567:Memory, Long-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D010805:Physical Conditioning, Animal / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D065853:Spatial Learning / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Female rats; Long-term memory; Morris water maze; Regular exercise; Sleep deprivation