Effects of environmental enrichment on cognitive function and hippocampal NGF in the non-handled rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-70

  Pham, Therese M ^a   Söderström, Stine ^b   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Mohammed, Abdul H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Isolation; Open field behaviour; Postnatal handling; Water maze

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0344200106     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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