Environmental enrichment reverses learning impairment in the Morris water maze after focal cerebral ischemia in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2288-2298

  Dahlqvist, Per ^a   Rönnbäck, Annica ^a   Bergström, Sven Anders ^a   Söderström, Ingegerd ^a   Olsson, Tommy ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Recovery; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 2342584710     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03248.x     Document Type: Article

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