Changes in cognition induced by social isolation in the mouse are restored by electro-acupuncture

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 537-542

  Manni, Luigi ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^a   Fiore, Marco ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; BDNF; Isolation; NGF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 71549155592     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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