Enriched experience and recovery from amblyopia in adult rats: Impact of motor, social and sensory components

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2388-2397

  Baroncelli, Laura ^a   Bonaccorsi, Joyce ^b   Milanese, Marco ^c   Bonifacino, Tiziana ^c   Giribaldi, Francesco ^c   Manno, Ilaria ^b   Cenni, Maria Cristina ^a   Berardi, Nicoletta ^a,d   Bonanno, Giambattista ^c   Maffei, Lamberto ^a,b   Sale, Alessandro ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Environmental stimulation; GABAergic inhibition; Perceptual learning; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADULT ANIMAL; AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXERCISE; EYE DOMINANCE; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYNAPTOSOME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84859104198     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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