Environmental enrichment and gut inflammation modify stress-induced c-Fos expression in the mouse corticolimbic system.

Environmental enrichment (EE) has a beneficial effect on rodent behaviour, neuronal plasticity and brain function. Although it may also improve stress coping, it is not known whether EE influences the brain response to an external (psychological) stressor such as water avoidance stress (WAS) or an i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Florian Reichmann, Evelin Painsipp, Peter Holzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3547954?pdf=render