Functional outcome in rats transferred to an enriched environment 15 days after focal brain ischemia
(1996) In Stroke: a journal of cerebral circulation 27(2). p.324-326- Abstract
- BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The aim was to determine whether a delayed transfer to an enriched environment improves outcome after focal brain ischemia. METHODS: Performance on a rotating pole, prehensile traction, limb placement, and postural reflexes were tested in 15 spontaneously hypertensive rats housed in standard laboratory cages for 2 weeks after middle cerebral artery ligation. Seven of the 15 rats were then transferred to an enriched environment, and the two groups were tested 1, 3, and 5 weeks later. RESULTS: The enriched environment significantly improved pole performance, prehensile traction, and limb placement. CONCLUSIONS: Delayed postoperative environmental enrichment improves outcome in experimental stroke.
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- author
- Johansson, Barbro LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 1996
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- experimental, stroke, behavior, animal, stroke outcome, rats
- in
- Stroke: a journal of cerebral circulation
- volume
- 27
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 324 - 326
- publisher
- American Heart Association
- external identifiers
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- pmid:8571431
- scopus:0030024623
- ISSN
- 1524-4628
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f0988ae7-5419-4968-8f98-d09d7f2760d0 (old id 1110514)
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- http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/2/324
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