Impact of socio-environmental factors on physiological processes of brain damage recovery: contribution of animal models
Morley-Fletcher, S.; Rea, M.; Adriani, W.; Laviola, G.
Annali Dell'istituto Superiore di Sanita 37(4): 567-572
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2571 PMID: 12046227 Document Number: 529993
This review presents the experimental approaches more widely used in animal models to investigate possible strategies aimed to stimulate plasticity in the nervous system and possibly to increase spontaneous recovery from functional/neurological diseases such as neonatal anoxia. Methods used in laboratory rodents are briefly described. Attention is focused on possible enrichments of the social and physical environment during the development.