Enriched environment increases neurogenesis in the adult rat dentate gyrus and improves spatial memory

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 569-578

  Nilsson, Michael ^a,b   Perfilieva, Ekaterina ^a   Johansson, Ulf ^a   Orwar, Owe ^b   Eriksson, Peter S ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult animals; Enriched environment; Neurogenesis; Neurons; Progenitor cells

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CALBINDIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STEM CELL;

EID: 0033564083     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990615)39:4<569::AID-NEU10>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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