Environmental enrichment restores cognitive deficits induced by experimental childhood meningitis

Environmental enrichment restores cognitive deficits induced by experimental childhood meningitis

Objective: To evaluate the influence of environmental enrichment (EE) on memory, cytokines, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the brain of adult rats subjected to experimental pneumococcal meningitis during infancy. Methods: On postnatal day 11, the animals received either artificial c...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Barichello, Glauco D. Fagundes, Jaqueline S. Generoso, Caroline S. Dagostin, Lutiana R. Simões, Márcia C. Vilela, Clarissa M. Comim, Fabricia Petronilho, João Quevedo, Antonio L. Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Pneumococcal meningitis
environmental enrichment
cytokines
BDNF
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