The role of voluntary exercise in enriched rearing: A behavioral analysis

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 787-803

  Pietropaolo, Susanna ^a   Feldon, Joram ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^b   Cirulli, Francesca ^b   Yee, Benjamin K ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enriched environment; Mouse; Neurobehavioral plasticity; Running wheel; Voluntary physical exercise

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEOPHOBIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; REARING; ROTAROD TEST; RUNNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; STARTLE REFLEX; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REACTION TIME; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SPACE PERCEPTION; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 33747331592     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.4.787     Document Type: Article

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