Environmental enrichment: a cure for cancer? It's all in the mind.
Environmental enrichment is used to enhance mental stimulation and physical activity and has been shown to delay onset and progression of a range of brain disorders. Now, Cao et al. (2010) report in Cell that this paradigm also exerts strong influences beyond the brain and is capable of suppressing tumor growth in mice.
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Terence Y C
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Howard Florey Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia. terence.pang@florey.edu.au
Hannan
Anthony J
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D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D018450:Disease Progression; D004777:Environment; D020738:Leptin / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
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