Effects of preweaning environmental enrichment on hippocampus-dependent learning and memory in developing rats

Autor: Chonghuai Yan, Le Zhong, Ying Tian, Xiaoming Shen, Cheng-Qiu Lu
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Neuroscience Letters. 640:117-122
ISSN: 0304-3940
Popis: Previous studies have shown that environmental enrichment (EE) improves learning and memory in adult animals. However, the effects of preweaning EE (preEE) on hippocampus-dependent learning and memory as well as its possible mechanisms are poorly understood. Here we report that preEE enhanced the exploratory activity in rats immediately after weaning, and the EE group showed greater performance in a passive avoidance task than the control group (p
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