Enriched environment effects on behavior, memory and BDNF in low and high exploratory mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 475-480

  Kazlauckas, Vanessa ^a   Pagnussat, Natalia ^b   Mioranzza, Sabrina ^a   Kalinine, Eduardo ^a   Nunes, Fernanda ^a   Pettenuzzo, Leticia ^a   O Souza, Diogo ^a   Portela, Luis V ^a   Porciúncula, Lisiane O ^a   Lara, Diogo R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BDNF; Environmental enrichment; High exploratory mice; Inhibitory avoidance; Low exploratory mice; Novel object recognition; Open field

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PUTATIVE NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOUSING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 78651494260     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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