Beneficial Effects of Physical Activity and Crocin Against Adolescent Stress Induced Anxiety or Depressive-Like Symptoms and Dendritic Morphology Remodeling in Prefrontal Cortex in Adult Male Rats

The exercise-glucocorticoid paradox: How exercise is beneficial to cognition, mood, and the brain while increasing glucocorticoid levels

(2017) Chong Chen et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Juvenile stress alters LTP in ventral hippocampal slices: Involvement of noradrenergic mechanisms

(2015) Gayane Grigoryan et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Physical exercise, neuroplasticity, spatial learning and memory

(2015) Ricardo C. Cassilhas et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Crocin, the main active saffron constituent, as an adjunctive treatment in major depressive disorder: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, pilot clinical trial

(2015) Ali Talaei et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

Stress Effects on Neuronal Structure: Hippocampus, Amygdala and Prefrontal Cortex

(2015) Bruce S McEwen et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Voluntary exercise partially reverses neonatal alcohol-induced deficits in mPFC layer II/III dendritic morphology of male adolescent rats

(2015) G.F. Hamilton et al.   SYNAPSE

Prefrontal Cortical Circuit for Depression- and Anxiety-Related Behaviors Mediated by Cholecystokinin: Role of  FosB

(2014) V. Vialou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Antidepressant effects of crocin and its effects on transcript and protein levels of CREB, BDNF, and VGF in rat hippocampus

(2014) Faezeh Vahdati Hassani et al.   DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Beneficial effects of fluoxetine, reboxetine, venlafaxine, and voluntary running exercise in stressed male rats with anxiety- and depression-like behaviors

(2013) Sarawut Lapmanee et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

BDNF-stimulated intracellular signalling mechanisms underlie exercise-induced improvement in spatial memory in the male Wistar rat

(2013) Ranya G. Bechara et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The Brain on Stress: Vulnerability and Plasticity of the Prefrontal Cortex over the Life Course

(2013) Bruce S. McEwen et al.   NEURON

Brain development in rodents and humans: Identifying benchmarks of maturation and vulnerability to injury across species

(2013) Bridgette D. Semple et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Juvenile stress enhances anxiety and alters corticosteroid receptor expression in adulthood

(2013) Nichola M. Brydges et al.   Brain and Behavior

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis inversely correlates with microglia in conditions of voluntary running and aging

(2013) Elias Gebara et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Effects of Exercise and Physical Activity on Anxiety

(2013) Elizabeth Anderson et al.   Frontiers in Psychiatry

Post-Weaning to Pre-Pubertal (‘Juvenile’) Stress: A Model of Induced Predisposition to Stress-Related Disorders

(2012) O. Horovitz et al.   NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

From the stressed adolescent to the anxious and depressed adult: Investigations in rodent models

(2012) C.M. McCormick et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

A rat model of pre-puberty (Juvenile) stress-induced predisposition to stress-related disorders: Sex similarities and sex differences in effects and symptoms

(2012) O. Horovitz et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

NMDA Receptor Blockade Alters Stress-Induced Dendritic Remodeling in Medial Prefrontal Cortex

(2011) K. P. Martin et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Protective effects of saffron extract and its active constituent crocin against oxidative stress and spatial learning and memory deficits induced by chronic stress in rats

(2011) Behshid Ghadrdoost et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Physical exercise during adolescence versus adulthood: differential effects on object recognition memory and brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels

(2011) M.E. Hopkins et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Chronic juvenile stress produces corticolimbic dendritic architectural remodeling and modulates emotional behavior in male and female rats

(2011) Lisa Eiland et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Chronic restraint stress in adolescence differentially influences hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and adult hippocampal neurogenesis in male and female rats

(2010) Cindy K. Barha et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

Interactive Effects of Stress and Aging on Structural Plasticity in the Prefrontal Cortex

(2010) E. B. Bloss et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The effects of exercise on adolescent hippocampal neurogenesis in a rat model of binge alcohol exposure during the brain growth spurt

(2009) Jennifer L. Helfer et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

A behavioral analysis of the impact of voluntary physical activity on hippocampus-dependent contextual conditioning

(2009) Benjamin N. Greenwood et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

Antidepressant properties of bioactive fractions from the extract of Crocus sativus L.

(2009) Yang Wang et al.   Journal of Natural Medicines

Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition

(2009) Sonia J. Lupien et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Stress signalling pathways that impair prefrontal cortex structure and function

(2009) Amy F. T. Arnsten   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Voluntary Exercise and Sucrose Consumption Enhance Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Sensitivity in the Striatum

(2009) Valentina De Chiara et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Chronic stress effects on dendritic morphology in medial prefrontal cortex: sex differences and estrogen dependence

(2009) J.E. Garrett et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Anxiolytic and hypnotic effect ofCrocus sativusaqueous extract and its constituents, crocin and safranal, in mice

(2009) Hossein Hosseinzadeh et al.   PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH

Enriched Environment Experience Overcomes Learning Deficits and Depressive-Like Behavior Induced by Juvenile Stress

(2009) Yana Ilin et al.   PLoS One

Neuropeptides in depression: Role of VGF

(2008) Smita Thakker-Varia et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Stress-induced prefrontal reorganization and executive dysfunction in rodents

(2008) Andrew Holmes et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Environmental enrichment, exercise and corticosterone affect endothelial cell proliferation in adult rat hippocampus and prefrontal cortex

(2008) Joakim Ekstrand et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Repeated stress alters dendritic spine morphology in the rat medial prefrontal cortex

(2007) Jason J. Radley et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY