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Objective To observe the effect of moderate running wheel exercise on the learning and memory ability and hippocampal neurogenesis in young mice.Methods Twenty male 1 month old Kunming mice were randomly divided into control group and exercise group.After 8 weeks of running wheel exercise in the exercise group,the Morris water maze test was used to detect the spatial learning and memory ability of the two groups of mice.Immunohistochemical technique was used to detect the expression of Sox2,Ki67 and DCX in the dentate gyrus of mice in two groups,and those specific protein can reflected the hippocampal neurogenesis.Results In the place navigation test of Morris water maze,the latency of the exercise group ((29.00± 1.32) s) was lower than that of the control group ((36.30±0.69) s),and the difference was statistically significant (t=5.154,P＜0.05).In the spatial probe test,the number of times of crossing platforms in the exercise group ((3.73±1.51) times) was more than that of the control group ((1.89±t 1.63) times),and the difference was significant (t=3.583,P＜0.05).Immunohistochemical results showed that the number of Sox2,Ki67 and DCX immunoreactive cells in the dentate gyrus region of the exercise group were ((284.40± 31.50),(54.50± 10.75),(77.80=t± 11.60) respectively) more than those in the control group ((241.40± 10.57),(37.00± 7.81),(48.20±t 11.86) respectively),and the difference was statistically significant (t =4.129,5.789,7.971,all P＜0.01).Conclusion Moderate running wheel exercise can significantly improve the learning and memory ability of young mice,which may be related to the promotion of neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus.
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Objective To study the relationship among resilience,self feeling of inadequacy and alexithymia in depressive undergraduates,and to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and intervention of depression among undergraduates.Methods 500 undergraduates of two universities in Hebei Province were collected by cluster sampling method.Beck depression scale,adolescent resilience scale,Toronto alexithymia scale and self feeling of inadequacy scale were applied to undergraduates.The survey results were analyzed statistically.Results The detection rate of depression was 28％(119/426) in undergraduates.Total score of Alexithymia Scale(69.99±9.43) was higher than the norm(65.70±7.98),and the difference was statistical significant (P＜0.05).The score of self feeling of inadequacy had a significant difference between male (149.88±28.00) and female(138.58±28.79) (P＜0.01).Neither gender nor grade had significant difference in depression,alexithymia and resilience(P＞0.05).Self feeling of inadequacy was positively correlated with alexithymia (P＜0.05).Resilience was negatively correlated with self feeling of inadequacy and alexithymia(P＜0.05).For the depressive undergraduates,self feeling of inadequacy served as a full mediator between the resilience and alexithymia,whereas for the non depression undergraduates it was a partial mediator.Conclusion Depression undergraduates have serious alexithymia,serious self feeling of inadequacy and poor resilience.Self feeling of inadequacy serves as a mediator between the resilience and alexithymia in depressive and non-depressive undergraduates.