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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-5
pubmed:abstractText
Fatigue could be induced following forced exercise, sickness, heat stroke or sleep disturbance and impaired brain-related functions such as concentration, attention and memory. Here we investigated whether fatigue altered the dendrites of central neurons. Central fatigue was induced by housing rats in cage with 1.5-cm deep water for 1-5 days. Three days of sleep deprivation seriously compromised rats' performance in weight-loaded forced swimming and spatial learning tests, and 5 days of treatment worsened it further. Combinations of intracellular dye injection and three-dimensional analysis revealed that dendritic spines on retrograde tracer-identified corticospinal neurons and Cornu Ammonis (CA)1 and CA3 pyramidal neurons were significantly reduced while the shape or length of the dendritic arbors was not altered. Three days of rest restored the spine loss and the degraded spatial learning and weight-loaded forced swimming performances to control levels. In conclusion, although we could not rule out additional non-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress, the apparent fatigue induced following a few days of sleep deprivation could change brain structurally and functionally and the effects were reversible with a few days of rest.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1873-7544
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1104-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Dendritic Spines, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Fatigue, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Imaging, Three-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Learning Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Maze Learning, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Memory Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Physical Endurance, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Pyramidal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Sleep Deprivation, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:19376203-Swimming
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Fatigue reversibly reduced cortical and hippocampal dendritic spines concurrent with compromise of motor endurance and spatial memory.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't