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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 329, Issue 1, Pages 53-56Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00591-8
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cold-water immersion; dentate gyrus; cell proliferation; nitric oxide synthase
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In the present study, the effects of cold-water immersion on cell proliferation and nitric oxide synthase expression in the dentate gyrus of rats were investigated. Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into four groups: the control-rest group; the control-heat group; the cold-rest group; and the cold-heat group. Cold-water immersion for 5 min at 4degreesC suppressed the numbers of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine-positive and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase-positive cells in the dentate gyrus, and these numbers were increased by warming for 30 min at 30degreesC. In the present study, it was demonstrated that warming protects against cold stress-induced suppression of new cell formation, and results suggest that nitric oxide, the synthesis of which is affected adversely by cold-water immersion, may play an important role in the regulation of cell proliferation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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