Association between exploratory activity and social individuality in genetically identical mice living in the same enriched environment

Neuroscience

Volumn 309, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-152

  Freund, J ^a   Brandmaier, A M ^b   Lewejohann, L ^c,d   Kirste, I ^a,g   Kritzler, M ^c   Kruger A ^c,e   Sachser, N ^c   Lindenberger, U ^b   Kempermann, G ^a,f  

^a CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^e GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Dentate gyrus; Experience; Exploration; Hippocampus; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INDIVIDUALITY; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROAMING ENTROPY; SCORING SYSTEM; ACTIMETRY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY; TIME FACTOR;

ACTIGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INDIVIDUALITY; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROGENESIS; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84945469324     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.05.027     Document Type: Article

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