Influence of enriched environment on spatial learning following cerebral insult

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-364

  Puurunen, Kirsi ^a   Sivenius, Juhani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Environment; Learning; Lesion; Memory; Plasticity; Recovery

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PIRACETAM;

APHASIA; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; DENDRITE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPEECH THERAPY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036936914     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2002.13.4.347     Document Type: Review

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