Pre and post-injury environmental enrichment effects functional recovery following medial frontal cortical contusion injury in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 275, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-211

  Jacqmain, Justin ^a   Nudi, Evan T ^a   Fluharty, Sarah ^a   Smith, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Neuroplasticity; Rat; TBI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTICAL CONTUSION; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; RODENT; ROTOR ROD TEST; SHAM PROCEDURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERMICELLI HANDLING TEST; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; CONVALESCENCE; ENVIRONMENT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL LOBE; LONG EVANS RAT; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; ENVIRONMENT; ESCAPE REACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL LOBE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907549312     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.08.056     Document Type: Article

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