Aerobic exercise is the critical variable in an enriched environment that increases hippocampal neurogenesis and water maze learning in male C57BL/6J mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 219, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-71

  Mustroph, M L ^a   Chen, S ^a   Desai, S C ^a   Cay, E B ^a   DeYoung, E K ^a   Rhodes, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Running; Water maze

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; HU ANTIBODY;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TACTILE STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 84864024224     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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