Effects of environmental enrichment on anxiety responses, spatial memory and cytochrome c oxidase activity in adult rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Sampedro Piquero, P ^a   Zancada Menendez, C ^a   Begega, A ^a   Rubio, S ^b   Arias, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase activity; Elevated zero maze; Environmental enrichment; Radial arm water maze; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

4-RAWM; ACB; ACCUMBENS NUCLEUS; ANOVA OF REPEATED MEASURES; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BED NUCLEUS STRIA TERMINALIS; BLA; BNST; CEA; CENTRAL AMYGDALA; CG; CINGULATE CORTEX; CO; CONTROL GROUP; COX; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE ACTIVITY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE HISTOCHEMISTRY; DCA1 DCA3; DDG; DORSAL DENTATE GYRUS; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPAL CORNU AMMONIS; EE; EE+SPL; ELEVATED PLUS-MAZE; ELEVATED ZERO-MAZE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT GROUP; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT+SPATIAL LEARNING GROUP; EPM; EZM; FOUR-ARM RADIAL WATER MAZE; GC; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HPA; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; IL; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LTP; MANOVA; MEDIAL ORBITAL CORTEX; MO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OD; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PL; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PVNH; PVNT; RADIAL-ARM WATER MAZE; RM ANOVA; SPATIAL LEARNING GROUP; SPL; TBE; TIME BY ENTRIES; VCA1 VCA3; VDG; VENTRAL DENTATE GYRUS; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPAL CORNU AMMONIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880984441     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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