Local cerebral glucose utilization in rats exposed to an enriched environment: A comparison to impoverishment

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-525

  Lack A K ^a   Gill, K E ^a   Porrino, L J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral glucose utilization; Environmental enrichment; Nucleus accumbens; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOREBRAIN; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STIMULUS; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77956061541     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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