Paradoxical effects of cortical impact injury on environmentally enriched rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 513-519

  Kozlowski, Dorothy A ^a,b   Nahed, Brian V ^a   Hovda, David A ^a   Lee, Stefan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contusion; Enriched environment; Motor coordination; Rats; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DENDRITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORELIMB; GLIA CELL; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 2442657877     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089771504774129856     Document Type: Article

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