Preweaning enrichment has no lasting effects on adult hippocampal neurogenesis in four-month-old mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-54

  Kohl, Z ^a   Kuhn, H G ^a   Cooper Kuhn, C M ^a   Winkler, J ^a   Aigner, L ^a   Kempermann, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

BrdU; Enriched environment; Mouse; Neonatal handling; Progenitor cells; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASTICITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREWEANING ENRICHMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOMETRY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOLUMETRY; WEANING; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUCKLING;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS;

EID: 0002838504     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1601-1848.2001.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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