Environmental enrichment and social interaction improve cognitive function and decrease reactive oxidative species in normal adult mice

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 369-376

  Doulames, Vanessa ^a   Lee, Sangmook ^a   Shea, Thomas B ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Dementia; Enriched environment; Environment; Isolation; Novel object recognition; Social; Y Maze

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CAGE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; Y-MAZE TEST;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84898014797     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.848441     Document Type: Article

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