A relatively brief exposure to environmental enrichment after experimental traumatic brain injury confers long-term cognitive benefits

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2684-2688

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

controlled cortical impact; environmental enrichment; functional recovery; learning and memory; Morris water maze; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84870560220     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2560     Document Type: Article

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