The effects of environmental complexity on the histology of the rat hippocampus
The Journal of Comparative NeurologyPublished 1 November 1969Open access
R. Walsh, O. E. Budtz‐Olsen, Joe E. Penny, Robert A. Cummins
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Differntial cell counts demonstrated significant differences in neuroglia in the hippocampus in the environmental complexity rats than in the isolation control animals.
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Abstract One group of rats was reared under conditions of environmental complexity, while their littermates served as isolation controls. The occipital cortex was 4.9% (p < 0.01) and the hippocampus 5.7% (P < 0.05) thicker in the environmental complexity rats than in the isolation control animals. Differntial cell counts demonstrated significant differences in neuroglia in the hippocampus.
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