Environmental enrichment may protect against hippocampal atrophy in the chronic stages of traumatic brain injury

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Miller, Lesley S ^a   Colella, Brenda ^b   Mikulis, David ^c,d   Maller, Jerome ^e   Green, Robin E A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Brain Stimulation and Neuroimaging Laboratory Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre Alfred Hospital ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Environmental enrichment; Moderate to severe; Subacute atrophy; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL ATROPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84884695379     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00506     Document Type: Article

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