Exposure to environmental complexity promotes recovery of cognitive function after traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-47

  Hamm, Robert J ^a,b   Temple, Meredith D ^a   O'Dell, Dianne M ^a   Pike, Brian R ^a   Lyeth, Bruce G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

environments; memory; Morris water maze; recovery; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030042944     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1996.13.41     Document Type: Article

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