Journal
PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages 167-175Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)00783-9
Keywords
enriched environment; nerve growth factor; brain-derived neurotrophic factor; neurotrophin-3; neural plasticity
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- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG010755] Funding Source: Medline
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Environmental factors can have profound influences on the brain. Enriching environments with physical, social and sensory stimuli are now established to be beneficial to brain development and ageing. A multitude of responses from cellular and molecular mechanisms to macroscopic changes in neural morphology and neurogenesis have been considered in the context for evidences that environmental inputs can regulate brain plasticity in the rat at all stages of life. Data from our laboratory have revealed that enriched environment increased nerve growth factor (NGF) gene expression and protein levels in the hippocampus, and this may contribute to events underlying environmentally induced neural plasticity. Because neurotrophic factors are essential for neural development and survival, they are likely to be involved in the cerebral consequences modified by enriched experiences. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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