Research Article

The Impacts of Swimming Exercise on Hippocampal Expression of Neurotrophic Factors in Rats Exposed to Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress

Table 1

Primer sequences used for the qPCR analysis.

Gene (accession no.)Sense primer (5′-3′)Antisense primer (5′-3′)Amplicon length

BDNF (NM001270630)TACCTGGATGCCGCAAACATGTAGAAATATTGCTTCAGTTGG200 bp
GDNF (NM019139)CAGAGGGAAAGGTCGCAGAGCGTAGCCCAAACCCAAGTCA95 bp
NT-3 (NM001270868)GGGAGAGATCAAAACCGGCTTGCGACGTTTTGCACT136 bp
NGF (NM001277055)ACATCAAGGGCAAGGAGGGTGAGTCGTGGTGCAGTATG164 bp
FGF-2 (NM019305)TCCATCAAGGGAGTGTGTGCTCCGTGACCGGTAAGTGTTG139 bp
VEGF (NM001110333)TATGTTTGACTGCTGTGGACTTGACAGGGATGGGTTTGTCGTGT204 bp
IGF-1 (NM001082477)TCAGTTCGTGTGTGGACCAGCACAGCTCCGGAAGCAAC117 bp
NPY (NM012614)TGTTTGGGCATTCTGGCTGAGGTTCTGGGGGCGTTTTCTGTGCT 205 bp
VGF (NM030997)GATGAGTTGCCGGACTGGCAACGCGTGATGGAAGTGAC159 bp
Bcl-xl (NM001033670)TGTGGCTGGTGTAGTTCTGCCAGAAAAGCATTCCCGAGAG402 bp
Bax (NM017059)CTGCAGAGGATGATTGCTGAGATCAGCTCGGGCACTTTAG174 bp
β-Actin (NM031144)CATCCTGCGTCTGGACCTGGTAATGTCACGCACGATTTCC116 bp