Environmental enrichment effects on synaptic and cellular physiology of hippocampal neurons

SM Ohline, WC Abraham - Neuropharmacology, 2019 - Elsevier
Exposure of rodents to an enriched environment (EE) has been shown to reliably increase
performance on hippocampus-dependent learning and memory tasks, compared to …

The relative benefits of environmental enrichment on learning and memory are greater when stressed: A meta-analysis of interactions in rodents

EL Macartney, M Lagisz, S Nakagawa - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Environmental enrichment (“EE”) is expected to alleviate the negative effects of
stress on cognitive performance. However, there are complexities associated with …

Environmental enrichment modulates the response to chronic stress in zebrafish

M Marcon, R Mocelin, R Benvenutti… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Several studies have shown that manipulations to the housing environment modulate
susceptibility to stress in laboratory animals, mainly in rodents. Environmental enrichment …

Differential impact of stress and environmental enrichment on corticolimbic circuits

MA Smail, BL Smith, N Nawreen, JP Herman - … biochemistry and behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Stress exposure can produce profound changes in physiology and behavior that can impair
health and well-being. Of note, stress exposure is linked to anxiety disorders and depression …

Hippocampus: molecular, cellular, and circuit features in anxiety

HJ Shi, S Wang, XP Wang, RX Zhang, LJ Zhu - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Anxiety disorders are currently a major psychiatric and social problem, the mechanisms of
which have been only partially elucidated. The hippocampus serves as a major target of …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular effects of environmental enrichment on Alzheimer's disease

AKY Liew, CH Teo, T Soga - Molecular neurobiology, 2022 - Springer
Environmental enrichment (EE) is an environmental paradigm encompassing sensory,
cognitive, and physical stimulation at a heightened level. Previous studies have reported the …

Environmental enrichment ameliorates chronic immobilisation stress-induced spatial learning deficits and restores the expression of BDNF, VEGF, GFAP and …

BM Shilpa, V Bhagya, G Harish, MMS Bharath… - Progress in Neuro …, 2017 - Elsevier
Severe and prolonged stress is the main environmental factor that precipitates depression,
anxiety and cognitive dysfunctions. On the other hand, exposure to environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Repeated restraint stress led to cognitive dysfunction by NMDA receptor-mediated hippocampal CA3 dendritic spine impairments in juvenile sprague-dawley …

D Sun, G Zhong, HX Cao, Y Hu, XY Hong… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Although numerous studies have indicated that chronic stress causes cognitive dysfunction
with the impairment of synaptic structures and functions, the relationship between cognitive …

[HTML][HTML] The novel cannabinoid receptor GPR55 mediates anxiolytic-like effects in the medial orbital cortex of mice with acute stress

Q Shi, L Yang, W Shi, L Wang, S Zhou, S Guan, M Zhao… - Molecular brain, 2017 - Springer
The G protein-coupled receptor 55 (GPR55) is a novel cannabinoid receptor, whose exact
role in anxiety remains unknown. The present study was conducted to explore the possible …

Temporal lobe epilepsy-induced neurodegeneration and cognitive deficits: Implications for aging

M Vrinda, S Arun, BN Srikumar, BM Kutty… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is a neurological condition associated with seizures, neurodegeneration, circuit
reorganization, and other structural and functional abnormalities. These elements ultimately …