Environmental enrichment results in cortical and subcortical changes in levels of synaptophysin and PSD-95 proteins

@article{Nithianantharajah2004EnvironmentalER,
  title={Environmental enrichment results in cortical and subcortical changes in levels of synaptophysin and PSD-95 proteins},
  author={Jess Nithianantharajah and Hannah Levis and Mark Murphy},
  journal={Neurobiology of Learning and Memory},
  year={2004},
  volume={81},
  pages={200-210}
}
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