Brenda M Elliott, Neil E Grunberg
Environmental enrichment affects performance of neurologically intact organisms and facilitates recovery of function following CNS injury. Only, a few recent studies have examined the extent to which physical versus social aspects of enriched environments separately contribute to superior performance [Pietropaolo S, Branchi I, Cirulli F, Chiarotti F, Aloe L, Alleva E. Long-term effects of the periadolescent environment on exploratory activity and aggressive behavior in mice: social vs. physical enrichment. Physiol Behav 2004;81:443-53; Schrijver NC, Bahr NI, Weiss IC, Wurbel H...
December 7, 2005: Behavioural Brain Research