Enriching the environment to disinhibit the brain and improve cognition

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCTOBER 2012, 2012, Pages

  Maffei, Arianna ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84868120934     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00053     Document Type: Article

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