Environmental enrichment protects against functional deficits caused by traumatic brain injury

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Johnson, Erica M ^a,b   Traver, Kyle L ^b   Hoffman, Stuart W ^c   Harrison, Catherine R ^d   Herman, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled cortical impact; Environmental enrichment; Morris water maze; Sensory neglect; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; MALE; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NEGLECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84877070827     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00044     Document Type: Article

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