A Golgi-Cox morphological analysis of neuronal changes induced by environmental enrichment

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-61

  Faherty, Ciaran J ^a   Kerley, Dan ^a,b   Smeyne, Richard Jay ^a  

^a Jude Children's Research Hospital   (United States)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Enriched environment; Exercise; Golgi procedure; Hippocampus; Novelty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC CELL; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXERCISE; GOLGI STAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037436416     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(02)00642-9     Document Type: Article

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