Neuroprotective effects of cognitive enrichment

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 354-369

  Milgram, Norton W ^a,b   Siwak Tapp, Christina T ^c   Araujo, Joseph ^a,b   Head, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CanCog Technologies Incorporated   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Animal models; Cognition; Enrichment

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE ENRICHMENT; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEMENTIA; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEISURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 33748571875     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2006.04.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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