Therapeutic effects of environmental enrichment on cognitive function and tissue integrity following severe traumatic brain injury in rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 373-384

  Passineau, Michael J ^a,c   Green, Edward J ^a,b   Dietrich, W Dalton ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Enriched environment; Memory; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWIMMING;

EID: 0035068201     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7623     Document Type: Article

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