Environmental conditions influence hippocampus-dependent behaviours and brain levels of amyloid precursor protein in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2405-2415

  Teather, Lisa A ^a   Magnusson, Jane E ^b   Chow, Christina M ^a   Wurtman, Richard J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Enrichment; Memory; Nociception; Platelet activating factor

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOSKELETON; DISSECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; REARING; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; GROWTH CONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036920956     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02416.x     Document Type: Article

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