Enriched environment improves motor function and increases neurotrophins in hemicerebellar lesioned rats

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-252

  Gelfo, Francesca ^a,b   Cutuli, Debora ^a,c   Foti, Francesca ^a,c   Laricchiuta, Daniela ^a,c   De Bartolo, Paola ^a,c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a   Petrosini, Laura ^a,c   Angelucci, Francesco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cerebellum; Environmental enrichment; Hemicerebellectomy; Neurotrophins; NGF; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLECTOMY; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 79954585488     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310380926     Document Type: Article

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