Sex-dependent neurochemical effects of environmental enrichment in the visual system

Neuroscience

Volumn 254, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-140

  Bessinis, D P ^a   Dalla, C ^a   Kokras, N ^a,b   Pitychoutis, P M ^a,c,d   Papadopoulou Daifoti, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Enriched environment; Retina; Serotonin; Sex differences; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; SEROTONERGIC ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR RAT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84885397254     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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