title: Influence of enriched environment on spatial learning following cerebral insult.
abstract: The fact that our brain is continuously shaped by the environment and experience presents many challenges. It was noted several decades ago that exposure of a laboratory rat to a complex environment alters its brain and improves problem solving in complex tasks. Rats that are housed in an enriched environment can better compensate for brain lesion-induced deficits and resist neurodegeneration. In this article, the role of an enriched environment on brain plasticity following experimentally-induced lesions is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland. Kirsi.Puurunen@uku.fi
authors.forename: Kirsi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Puurunen
authors.forename: Juhani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sivenius
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000293:injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*