Treadmill Exercise Improves Motor Dysfunction and Hyperactivity of the Corticostriatal Glutamatergic Pathway in Rats with 6-OHDA-Induced Parkinson’s Disease

Table 1

Comparison of the ratio of left forelimb touches to the total number of touches to the cylinder wall.

Groups	n	Number of wall touches of the left forelimb (%)
		7th day	14th day	28th day
Control	50	50.15 ± 4.32	48.76 ± 4.73	49.82 ± 8.41
Control + Ex	50	52.43 ± 6.79	49.97 ± 6.54	51.43 ± 10.22
PD	52	27.36 ± 6.37^∗∗	21.43 ± 6.36^∗∗	15.35 ± 5.21^∗∗
PD + Ex	44	31.49 ± 8.22^∗∗	25.84 ± 5.87^∗∗	26.24 ± 6.96^∗∗#

Compared to the control groups, . Compared to the Parkinson’s disease (PD) groups, ^#. Control: control group; control + Ex: control plus exercise group; PD: Parkinson’s disease group; PD + Ex: Parkinson’s disease plus exercise group.