Table 1.
Summary of referenced studies addressing immunomodulatory and neuroprotective effects of exercise in MS animal models.
MS animal model | Effects of exercise on adaptive immune system | Effects of exercise on innate immune system | Effects of exercise on brain inflammation | Effects of exercise on brain neurotrophins | Other effects of exercise or only effects on clinical score | ||
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Forced exercise | Preventive | EAE | 37; 38; 39; 42; 43;44 | 37; 38; 39; 47 | 36; 37; 42; 43; 44 | 36; 37; 42; 43; 44 | 34; 35 |
CPZ | 40 | 40 | 41 | ||||
Therapeutic | EAE | 45; 46 | |||||
Environmental enrichment | Preventive | EAE | 50; 51 | 49 | 48; 50 | ||
LPC | 48 | ||||||
Voluntary exercise | Preventive | EAE | 51; 52; 53; 54 | 53; 54 | |||
CPZ | 56 | ||||||
LPC | 55 | ||||||
Therapeutic | EAE | 46 |