Neuroplasticity in old age: Sustained fivefold induction of hippocampal neurogenesis by long-term environmental enrichment

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-143

  Kempermann, Gerd ^a,b   Gast, Daniela ^b   Gage, Fred H ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPOFUSCIN; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036325981     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10262     Document Type: Article

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