Nurturing brain plasticity: impact of environmental enrichment

Intrinsic patterning and experience-dependent mechanisms that generate eye-specific projections and binocular circuits in the visual pathway

(2009) Catherine A Leamey et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Age effects on the regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis by physical activity and environmental enrichment in the APP23 mouse model of Alzheimer disease

(2009) Sebastian Mirochnic et al.   HIPPOCAMPUS

Setting the Pace for Retinal Development: Environmental Enrichment Acts Through Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

(2009) S. Landi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Massage Accelerates Brain Development and the Maturation of Visual Function

(2009) A. Guzzetta et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Carrot sticks or joysticks: video games improve vision

(2009) Gideon P Caplovitz et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Enhancing the contrast sensitivity function through action video game training

(2009) Renjie Li et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Environmental enrichment improves behavioral performance and auditory spatial representation of primary auditory cortical neurons in rat

(2009) Rui Cai et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY

Partial reversal of Rett Syndrome-like symptoms in MeCP2 mutant mice

(2009) Daniela Tropea et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enrich the environment to empower the brain

(2009) Alessandro Sale et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Spatial learning in pigs: effects of environmental enrichment and individual characteristics on behaviour and performance

(2008) Jarno Jansen et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Environmental enrichment alters locomotor behaviour and ventricular volume in Mecp21lox mice

(2008) Nupur Nag et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Environmental enrichment ameliorates a motor coordination deficit in a mouse model of Rett syndromeMecp2gene dosage effects and BDNF expression

(2008) Mari Kondo et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Environmental enrichment enhances cellular plasticity in transgenic mice with Alzheimer-like pathology

(2008) Arne Herring et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Excitatory-inhibitory relationship in the fascia dentata in the Ts65Dn mouse model of down syndrome

(2008) Pavel V. Belichenko et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Increased in Preterm Neonates Following Massage Therapy

(2008) Tiffany Field et al.   JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS

TrkB kinase is required for recovery, but not loss, of cortical responses following monocular deprivation

(2008) Megumi Kaneko et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

State-Dependent Bidirectional Modification of Somatic Inhibition in Neocortical Pyramidal Cells

(2008) Tohru Kurotani et al.   NEURON

Non-Cell-Autonomous Effects of Presenilin 1 Variants on Enrichment-Mediated Hippocampal Progenitor Cell Proliferation and Differentiation

(2008) Se Hoon Choi et al.   NEURON

Epigenetic mechanisms mediating the long-term effects of maternal care on development

(2008) Frances A. Champagne et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Improving the performance of the amblyopic visual system

(2008) D. M Levi et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

MeCP2, a Key Contributor to Neurological Disease, Activates and Represses Transcription

(2008) M. Chahrour et al.   SCIENCE

The Antidepressant Fluoxetine Restores Plasticity in the Adult Visual Cortex

(2008) J. F. M. Vetencourt et al.   SCIENCE

Plasticity in the adult brain: lessons from the visual system

(2008) Maria Spolidoro et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Environmental Enrichment Counteracts Alzheimer’s Neurovascular Dysfunction in TgCRND8 Mice

(2007) Arne Herring et al.   BRAIN PATHOLOGY

Differential effect of environment enrichment and social isolation on depressive-like behavior, spontaneous activity and serotonin and norepinephrine concentration in prefrontal cortex and ventral striatum

(2007) Juan C. Brenes et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR