Psychobiology of plasticity: Effects of training and experience on brain and behavior

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-65

  Rosenzweig, Mark R ^a   Bennett, Edward L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Enriched environment; Enriched experience; Long term memory; Memory storage; Neural plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DENDRITIC SPINE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0029893652     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00216-2     Document Type: Article

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