Environment and brain plasticity: Towards an endogenous pharmacotherapy

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 189-234

  Sale, Alessandro ^a,b,c   Berardi, Nicoletta ^a,b,c   Maffei, Lamberto ^a,b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN PROTECTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84891528250     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: 15221210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00036.2012     Document Type: Article

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