Environmental enrichment duration differentially affects behavior and neuroplasticity in adult mice

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4048-4061

  Leger, Marianne ^a   Paizanis, Eleni ^a   Dzahini, Kwamivi ^b   Quiedeville, Anne ^a   Bouet, Valentine ^a   Cassel, Jean Christophe ^b   Freret, Thomas ^a   Schumann Bard, Pascale ^a   Boulouard, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety and depressive like behavior; Enriched environment; Long term memory; Neurogenesis; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; SEROTONIN; BIOGENIC AMINE; BROXURIDINE; CORTICOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FRONTAL CORTEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMMOBILIZATION; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84954232107     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu119     Document Type: Article

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