Evaluation of a combined treatment paradigm consisting of environmental enrichment and the 5-HT1A receptor agonist buspirone after experimental traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1960-1969

  Kline, Anthony E ^a,b,c   Olsen, Adam S ^a,b,d   Sozda, Christopher N ^a,b,e   Hoffman, Ann N ^a,b,f   Cheng, Jeffrey P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral outcome; controlled cortical impact; functional recovery; hippocampus; learning and memory; Morris water maze; serotonin (5 HT1A) receptor agonist; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHAM FEEDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; BUSPIRONE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

EID: 84863798465     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2385     Document Type: Article

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