Environmental enrichment provides a cognitive reserve to be spent in the case of brain lesion

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-28

  Mandolesi, Laura ^a,b   De Bartolo, Paola ^a,c   Foti, Francesca ^a,c   Gelfo, Francesca ^a,b   Federico, Francesca ^a,d   Leggio, Maria Giuseppa ^a,c   Petrosini, Laura ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Basal forebrain; Cognitive impairment; Neuronal morphology; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SAPORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; HABITUATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEOCORTEX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 52449089202     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2008-15102     Document Type: Article

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