AGE, EXPERIENCE AND THE CHANGING BRAIN

Authors
KOLB B FORGIE M GIBB R GORNY G ROWNTREE S
Citation
B. Kolb et al., AGE, EXPERIENCE AND THE CHANGING BRAIN, Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews, 22(2), 1998, pp. 143-159
Citations number
98
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology","Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews → ACNP
ISSN journal
01497634
Volume
22
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
143 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0149-7634(1998)22:2<143:AEATCB>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
In this review. various aspects of how environmental experience affect s the structure of the cortex at different times in the age of the ani mal are summarized. The interactions of brain injury and sex on the ag e-dependent plastic changes in the cortex are also considered. Finally , we have attempted to reach some general conclusions that describe th e effects of age, experience. sex, and injury on the cortex. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.