Running enhances spatial pattern separation in mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2367-2372

  Creer, David J ^a   Romberg, Carola ^b   Saksida, Lisa M ^b,c   Van Praag, Henriette ^a   Bussey, Timothy J ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Hippocampus; Learning; Neurogenesis; Pattern separation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; DENTATE GYRUS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROGENESIS; RUNNING;

ELAGATIS; MUS;

EID: 76649138004     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911725107     Document Type: Article

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