An enriched environment improves sensorimotor function post-ischemic stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 802-813

  Janssen, Heidi ^a,b   Bernhardt, Julie ^c   Collier, Janice M ^c   Sena, Emily S ^c,d   McElduff, Patrick ^b,e   Attia, John ^b,e   Pollack, Michael ^a,b   Howells, David W ^c   Nilsson, Michael ^f   Calford, Mike B ^b,e   Spratt, Neil J ^a,b,e  

^a Hunter Stroke Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

animal model of stroke; enriched environment; functional recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; LEARNING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 78649311277     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310372092     Document Type: Article

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