A single exposure to an enriched environment stimulates the activation of discrete neuronal populations in the brain of the fos-tau-lacZ mouse

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-390

  Ali, Ata E A ^a   Wilson, Yvette M ^a   Murphy, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

C fos; Claustrum; Cortex; Environmental enrichment; FTL; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLAUSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 69249217752     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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