Age-dependent effects of environmental enrichment on spatial memory and neurochemistry

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-104

  Mora Gallegos, Andrea ^a   Rojas Carvajal, Mijail ^a   Salas, Sofía ^a   Saborío Arce, Adriana ^a   Fornaguera Trías, Jaime ^a   Brenes, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Age; Dopamine; Environmental enrichment; GABA; Glutamate; Habituation; Spatial learning; Working, reference memory

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EX VIVO STUDY; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VENTRAL STRIATUM; WISTAR RAT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; AGING; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL MEMORY; VENTRAL STRIATUM;

EID: 84917706448     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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