Early social enrichment augments adult hippocampal BDNF levels and survival of BRDU-positive cells while increasing anxiety- and "depression"-like behavior

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 965-973

  Branchi, Igor ^a   D'Andrea, Ivana ^a   Sietzema, Jantine ^a   Fiore, Marco ^b   Di Fausto, Veronica ^b   Aloe, Luigi ^b   Alleva, Enrico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communal nesting; Depression; Early experiences; Neurotrophins; Psychiatric diseases

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROXURIDINE; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SWIMMING;

EID: 33645852577     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20789     Document Type: Article

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