Stability of synaptic plasticity in the adult rat visual cortex induced by complex environment exposure

Brain Research

Volumn 1018, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 130-135

  Briones, Teresita L ^a   Klintsova, Anna Y ^b   Greenough, William T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex environment; Enriched environment; Learning; Memory; Stereology; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 3242719615     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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