Deans' stroke musings: Functional Outcome in Rats Transferred to an Enriched Environment 15 Days After Focal Brain Ischemia

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Thursday, December 8, 2016

Functional Outcome in Rats Transferred to an Enriched Environment 15 Days After Focal Brain Ischemia

I bet your doctor can't make the leap to apply this to humans. Even late enrichment helps.
20 years and I bet your doctor is doing nothing on environment enrichment. Wow, teaching rats pole exercises, bet your doctor will never translate that to humans.
http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/27/2/324

http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.27.2.324

Stroke. 1996;27:324-326

Originally published February 1, 1996

Abstract

Background and Purpose The aim was to determine whether a delayed transfer to an enriched environment improves outcome after focal brain ischemia.

Methods Performance on a rotating pole, prehensile traction, limb placement, and postural reflexes were tested in 15 spontaneously hypertensive rats housed in standard laboratory cages for 2 weeks after middle cerebral artery ligation. Seven of the 15 rats were then transferred to an enriched environment, and the two groups were tested 1, 3, and 5 weeks later.

Results The enriched environment significantly improved pole performance, prehensile traction, and limb placement.

Conclusions Delayed postoperative environmental enrichment improves outcome in experimental stroke.