Standardized environmental enrichment supports enhanced brain plasticity in healthy rats and prevents cognitive impairment in epileptic rats.

Environmental enrichment of laboratory animals influences brain plasticity, stimulates neurogenesis, increases neurotrophic factor expression, and protects against the effects of brain insult. However, these positive effects are not constantly observed, probably because standardized procedures of en...

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Hauptverfasser:	Raafat P Fares, Amor Belmeguenai, Pascal E Sanchez, Hayet Y Kouchi, Jacques Bodennec, Anne Morales, Béatrice Georges, Chantal Bonnet, Sandrine Bouvard, Robert S Sloviter, Laurent Bezin
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Schriftenreihe:	PLoS ONE
Online-Zugang:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3544705?pdf=render
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