Enrichment and photoperiod interact to affect spatial learning and hippocampal dendritic morphology in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-170

  Workman, Joanna L ^b   Bowers, Stephanie L ^a,b   Nelson, Randy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Seasonality; Social housing; Spines; Synaptic plasticity; Voluntary exercise; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HIBERNATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; PEROMYSCUS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SENSATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 58149138923     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06570.x     Document Type: Article

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