Enriched environments

Rockne, K.J., Strand, S.E. (1998) Biodegradation of bicyclic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in anaerobic enrichments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32, 3962-3967. 

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Kempermann, G., Kuhn, H.G., Gage, F.H. (1997). More hippocampal neurons in adult mice living in an enriched environment. Nature, 386, 493-5. 

Nithianantharajah, J., Hannan, A.J. (2006) Enriched environments, experience-dependent plasticity and disorders of the nervous system. Nat Rev Neurosci 7, 697-709. 

Pertinent data concerning the photoreactions are summarized in Table 17. Quantum yields are for loss of starting ketone and are relative to irradiation of valerophenone in t-butyl alcohol. Both the values of d> (rel) and t/c from the micelles resemble more closely those from the t-butyl alcohol solution than from the nonpolar benzene. Coupled with the data of Winkle et al. [306], these results indicate that the alkanophenones reside primarily within the hydrophobic interiors of the micelles, but that the BRs migrate to water-enriched environments at or near the nebulous micellar surfaces. As such, even the template effect on the BRs is nonselective and probably allows all of the conformational changes which occur in a polar isotropic environment. 

Coyle and Singer (ref. 107) found that vitamin A treatment (100 000 i.u./kg) applied to pregnant rats on gestational days 8-10 decreased performance of their offspring in a water maze and in a food rewarded Henderson type maze. This was observed only vhen the animals were reared in an enriched environment. These results parallel those obtained with imlpramine. 

One may envisage that such conglomerates of crusts of glycine crystals might be spread to yield enantio-enriched environments, as in the mechanism proposed by Welch [68]. 

Purvis, O. W. Halls, C. (1996). A review of lichens in metal-enriched environments. Lichenologist, 28, 571-601. 

Laviola G, Hannan AJ, Macri S, Solinas M, Jaber M (2008) Effects of enriched environment on animal models of neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders. Neurobiol Dis 31 159-168... 

Rema, V., Ebner, F.F. (1999). Effect of enriched environment rearing on impairments in cortical excitability and plasticity after prenatal alcohol exposure. J. Neurosci. 19 10993-11006. 

Brown J, Cooper-Kuhn CM, Kempermann G, Van Praag H, Winkler J, Gage FH, Kuhn HG (2003b) Enriched environment and physical activity stimulate hippocampal but not olfactory bulb neurogenesis. Eur J Neurosci 17 2042-2046. 

Nilsson M, Perfilieva E, Johanson U, Orwar O, Eriksson PS (1999) Enriched environment increases neurogenesis in the adult rat dentate gyrus and improves spatial memory. 1. Neurohiol 39 569-578. 

Flynn That is very interesting, because it seems to be another case of high IQ seeking out an enriched environment. After all, one s spouse is a great part of one s intellectual environment. Apparently, the higher you go up the IQ scale the greater the match with your spouse s IQ. 

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