Enrich the environment to empower the brain

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-239

  Sale, Alessandro ^a   Berardi, Nicoletta ^b,c   Maffei, Lamberto ^a,c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AMBLYOPIA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CATARACT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; NEURONS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 63349100105     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2008.12.004     Document Type: Review

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