Beneficial Effects of Environmental Enrichment on Brain Functions

Year 2009, Volume: 18 Issue: 1, 13 - 36, 01.03.2009

Kübra Akıllıoğlu Sayad Kocahan Emine Babar Melik Enver Melik

Abstract

The experimental models of environmental manipulation were used in the brain research for many years to search biological mechanisms of behavior and psychopathologies. After definition of the experience-dependent plasticity in the brain, the structural and biochemical changes in the brain were investigated by manipulating animals experiences. Recent years, showing of the beneficial effect of environmental enrichment on neurogenesis, on the course of neurodegeneratif disease and recovery from brain damage focused researchers to the environmental enrichment and brain function interactions. In this review, the effects of environmental physical enrichment on the brain structure and functions has been evaluated in the light of latest information.

Keywords

Brain Functions, Environment

Zengin Çevrenin Beyin Fonksiyonlarındaki Yeri

Abstract

Çevrenin etkilerinin değerlendirildiği deneysel modeller, davranış ve psikopatolojilerin biyolojik mekanizmalarının anlaşılabilmesi için uzun yıllar boyunca beyin araştırmacıları tarafından kullanılmıştır. Sinir sisteminde tecrübeye bağlı plastisitenin tanımlanmasından sonra deney hayvanlarının yaşam tecrübeleri değiştirilerek beynin biyokimyasal ve yapısal değişiklikleri araştırılmaya başlanmıştır. Son yıllarda çevresel zenginliğin nörogenezi uyardığı ve nörodejeneratif hastalıklar ve beyin zararlanmasının derlenmesi üzerine olumlu etkilerinin olduğunun gösterilmesi araştırmacıların çevresel zenginlik ve beyin fonksiyonlarının etkileşimine odaklanmasına neden olmuştur. Bu derlemede beyin gelişiminde fiziksel (nesnel) zengin çevrenin etkileri son bilgiler ışığında değerlendirilmiştir.

Keywords

Beyin Fonksiyonları, Çevre

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