On whether the environmental enrichment may provide cognitive and brain reserves

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-239

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c University Parthenope'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive behavior; Environmental factors; Neurodegenerative damage; Neuronal morphology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIMULATION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYNAPSES;

EID: 70349625299     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.07.002     Document Type: Review

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