2025
Environmental Enrichment Attenuates Reproductive Adversity in a Mouse Model of Parkinson Disease.
Walsh C, Johnson L, Cirillo P, Smith P, Wilson S. Environmental Enrichment Attenuates Reproductive Adversity in a Mouse Model of Parkinson Disease. Journal Of The American Association For Laboratory Animal Science 2025, 64: 58-63. PMID: 40035270, PMCID: PMC11808379, DOI: 10.30802/aalas-jaalas-24-000032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercent survivalReproductive parametersEnvironmental enrichmentModel of Parkinson's diseaseMouse modelDam weightBreeding efficiencySpecies-specific behaviorsInterlitter intervalAnimal's natural environmentMouse model of Parkinson's diseaseSurvival of pupsEnvironmental stimuliParkinsonism phenotypeReproductive adversityParkinson's diseaseProductivity indexGenetic predispositionChronic isolationEarly expressionEnrichmentMicePupsBreedingDisease
2013
Neurogenesis and Maturation in Neonatal Brain Injury
Salmaso N, Tomasi S, Vaccarino FM. Neurogenesis and Maturation in Neonatal Brain Injury. Clinics In Perinatology 2013, 41: 229-239. PMID: 24524457, PMCID: PMC3925307, DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2013.10.007.ChaptersConceptsChronic perinatal hypoxiaConsequences of prematurityNeonatal brain injurySevere neurologic deficitsAttention deficit hyperactivityPerinatal hypoxiaNeurologic deficitsPreterm birthPremature birthBrain injuryAnimal modelsCognitive impairmentNeuropsychiatric conditionsMost childrenCognitive delayPartial recoveryIncidenceEnvironmental enrichmentAutism spectrum disorderBirthSpectrum disorderNormal developmentPrematurityHypoxia-Induced Developmental Delays of Inhibitory Interneurons Are Reversed by Environmental Enrichment in the Postnatal Mouse Forebrain
Komitova M, Xenos D, Salmaso N, Tran KM, Brand T, Schwartz ML, Ment L, Vaccarino FM. Hypoxia-Induced Developmental Delays of Inhibitory Interneurons Are Reversed by Environmental Enrichment in the Postnatal Mouse Forebrain. Journal Of Neuroscience 2013, 33: 13375-13387. PMID: 23946395, PMCID: PMC3742925, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5286-12.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalCerebral CortexChromatography, High Pressure LiquidDisease Models, AnimalExtracellular Matrix ProteinsGene Knock-In TechniquesHousing, AnimalHypoxiaImmunohistochemistryInterneuronsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsParvalbuminsProsencephalonReelin ProteinSerine EndopeptidasesSomatostatinConceptsCortical interneuronsNormoxic controlsMarker expressionPostnatal cortical developmentVasoactive intestinal peptidePostnatal day 3Central nervous systemTotal GABA contentImpact of hypoxicPostnatal mouse forebrainEnvironmental enrichmentIntestinal peptideGABAergic interneuronsFrontal neocortexInhibitory interneuronsCortical developmentMouse modelReelin expressionInterneuron numbersNervous systemDay 3Cognitive impairmentInterneuronsHousing miceRLN expressionStress, the HPA axis, and nonhuman primate well-being: A review
Novak MA, Hamel AF, Kelly BJ, Dettmer AM, Meyer JS. Stress, the HPA axis, and nonhuman primate well-being: A review. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2013, 143: 135-149. PMID: 23459687, PMCID: PMC3580872, DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBaseline cortisol levelsCortisol levelsNonhuman primatesWild-living primatesHuman clinical studiesHigher cortisol levelsAltered set pointHPA axisAdrenocortical axisClinical studiesHPA systemBlood samplingCortisol concentrationsBehavioral pathologySuch monkeysNeuropsychiatric disordersStress response systemAllostatic shiftAbnormal behaviorSpontaneous developmentIndices of stressStressful eventsCortisolEarly experienceEnvironmental enrichment
2012
Environmental Enrichment Increases the GFAP+ Stem Cell Pool and Reverses Hypoxia-Induced Cognitive Deficits in Juvenile Mice
Salmaso N, Silbereis J, Komitova M, Mitchell P, Chapman K, Ment LR, Schwartz ML, Vaccarino FM. Environmental Enrichment Increases the GFAP+ Stem Cell Pool and Reverses Hypoxia-Induced Cognitive Deficits in Juvenile Mice. Journal Of Neuroscience 2012, 32: 8930-8939. PMID: 22745493, PMCID: PMC3399175, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1398-12.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBromodeoxyuridineCell CountCell DifferentiationCognition DisordersDeoxyuridineDisease Models, AnimalEnvironmentEstrogen AntagonistsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansHypoxiaIdoxuridineKi-67 AntigenMaleMaze LearningMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurogenesisNeurogliaReceptors, EstrogenStem CellsTamoxifenConceptsHypoxic injuryBrain injuryAstroglial cellsChronic hypoxic injuryDevelopmental brain injuryLow birth weightCell poolEnvironmental enrichmentAdult brain injuryAbnormal lung developmentStem cell poolPerinatal hypoxic injuryFate-mapping modelsSocio-demographic factorsNeurobiological recoveryHippocampal neurogenesisVLBW cohortPremature childrenBirth weightCardiovascular abnormalitiesJuvenile miceAnimal modelsLung developmentInjuryCognitive deficits
2011
Inosine Augments the Effects of a Nogo Receptor Blocker and of Environmental Enrichment to Restore Skilled Forelimb Use after Stroke
Zai L, Ferrari C, Dice C, Subbaiah S, Havton LA, Coppola G, Geschwind D, Irwin N, Huebner E, Strittmatter SM, Benowitz LI. Inosine Augments the Effects of a Nogo Receptor Blocker and of Environmental Enrichment to Restore Skilled Forelimb Use after Stroke. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 5977-5988. PMID: 21508223, PMCID: PMC3101108, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4498-10.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrinsic growth potentialUnilateral strokeSpinal cordLayer 5 pyramidal neuronsForelimb motor areaSimilar functional improvementEnvironmental enrichmentCause of disabilitySkilled forelimb useEffect of treatmentUndamaged cortexReceptor blockersDenervated sidePreoperative levelsNEP1-40Stroke patientsPyramidal neuronsUndamaged hemisphereSkilled reachingTreatment optionsDenervated areaIntact hemisphereReceptor antagonistClinical trialsFunctional improvement
2009
Effect of the environment on the dendritic morphology of the rat auditory cortex
Bose M, Muñoz‐llancao P, Roychowdhury S, Nichols J, Jakkamsetti V, Porter B, Byrapureddy R, Salgado H, Kilgard M, Aboitiz F, Dagnino‐Subiabre A, Atzori M. Effect of the environment on the dendritic morphology of the rat auditory cortex. Synapse 2009, 64: 97-110. PMID: 19771593, PMCID: PMC2830877, DOI: 10.1002/syn.20710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsApical dendritic lengthBasal dendritic lengthApical dendritesDendritic lengthAuditory cortexSpine densityBasal dendritesShorter apical dendritesGolgi-Cox staining techniqueLayer-specific patternRat auditory cortexShort basal dendritesPrimary auditory cortexSensory deafnessInduce similar changesInfragranular neuronsLayer 2/3Neocortical plasticityExcitatory synapsesSholl analysisEnvironmental enrichmentStressed animalsGolgi-CoxStress-induced changesEnvironmental manipulations
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