Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 771-779 , August 2005

Treadmill exercise enhances nitric oxide synthase expression in the hippocampus of food-deprived rats

  • Myoung-Hwa Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
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  • Mal-Soon Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
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  • Young-Je Sim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • Hong Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • Hee-Hyuk Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • Chang-Ju Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
    • ,
  • Chan Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
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  • Seon-Pyo Hong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oriental Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
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  • Sonhae Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oriental Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 2 961 0367; fax: +82 2 966 3885.

Received 19 February 2005 ,Revised 19 May 2005 ,Accepted 15 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2005.06.007

Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 771-779 , August 2005

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