Environmental enrichment modulates cortico-cortical interactions in the mouse

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Di Garbo, Angelo ^a   Mainardi, Marco ^b   Chillemi, Santi ^a   Maffei, Lamberto ^b   Caleo, Matteo ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STRIATE CORTEX; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 80053086002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025285     Document Type: Article

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