Brain plasticity and behavior

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 43-64

  Kolb, Bryan ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortex; Dendrite arborization; Environmental enrichment; Experience; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LEARNING; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; DENDRITES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; LEARNING; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031613853     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.49.1.43     Document Type: Article

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