Age-dependent effects of environmental enrichment on brain networks and spatial memory in Wistar rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-53

  Sampedro Piquero, P ^a   Begega, A ^a   Zancada Menendez, C ^a   Cuesta, M ^a   Arias, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cytochrome c oxidase; Environmental enrichment; Principal component analysis; Spatial learning; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRIA TERMINALIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; NERVE NET; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84880147987     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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