Juvenile play experience primes neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex to be more responsive to later experiences

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 556, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-45

  Himmler, B T ^a   Pellis, S M ^a   Kolb, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medial prefrontal cortex; Nicotine; Plasticity; Play behavior; Rats

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPERIENCE; JUVENILE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PLAY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NICOTINE; PLASTICITY; PLAY BEHAVIOR; RATS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NICOTINE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84887216708     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.09.061     Document Type: Article

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