Preventive effects of an enriched environment on rodent psychiatric disorder models

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-76

  Takuma, Kazuhiro ^a   Ago, Yukio ^a   Matsuda, Toshio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Gene environmental interaction; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 80054744165     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.11R07CP     Document Type: Review

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