Environmental enrichment and the sensory brain: The role of enrichment in remediating brain injury

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Alwis, Dasuni S ^a   Rajan, Ramesh ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EE; Neuronal excitability; Sensory cortices; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906910961     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00156     Document Type: Review

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