Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in General Experimental Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Butt, Allen E.
Second Advisor
Hoffman, Charles
Third Advisor
Chien, Yuchin
Abstract
This experiment examined the effects of environmental enrichment on performance in an attention-dependent learning task in rats with selective lesions of the cholinergic nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM). The findings demonstrate that environmental enrichment can enhance attention-dependent learning performance in normal animals as well as attenuating NBM lesion-induced impairments otherwise seen following rearing in standard conditions.
Recommended Citation
Kinney-Hurd, Brandee Leianne, "Environmental enrichment attenuates nucleus basalis lesion induced impairments to attention" (2010). Theses Digitization Project. 3777.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3777
