Long-term environmental enrichment leads to regional increases in neurotrophin levels in rat brain

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-52

  Ickes, Brian R ^a   Pham, Therese M ^b   Sanders, Linda A ^a   Albeck, David S ^a   Mohammed, Abdul H ^b   Granholm, Ann Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BDNF; ELISA; Enriched environment; Neurotrophin; NGF; NT 3

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 0033914032     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7415     Document Type: Article

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