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Rasoul Rezaei1, Maryam Nourshahi1, Fariba Khodagholi2
1a Department of Sport Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C. , Evin 198396113 , Tehran , Iran.
Objective:
Physical exercise contributes to improving stability against nerve injury caused by ischaemic stroke. Here we aimed to preliminarily investigate the effects of continuous endurance training (CET) and high-intensity interval training (HIT) on stroke-associated anxiety, locomotion, neurological assessments and P70S6 Kinase (P70S6K) activation as well. To do this, rats were trained according to HIT and CET protocols for 2 months prior to being subject to middle cerebral artery occlusion surgery.
Methods:
Twenty-four hours later behavioural examination was performed by elevated plus maze (EPM) testing, open field and neurological scoring followed by cortical and hippocampal P70S6Ks immunoblotting.
Results:
According to the obtained data pre-ischaemic HIT and CET similarly improved neurological performance, anxiety levels and locomotion in EPM and open field tests following ischaemic stroke while there was a remarkable rise in hippocampal and cortical P70S6K activation in the HIT group compared to the CET counterparts.
Conclusion:
Behavioral and molecular data suggest that interval training is more beneficial rather than CET, but the distinct mechanisms of CET and HIT on memory are still topics to be discovered.
