Figure 3.
The naturalistic habitat (NH) affected mRNA levels in the hippocampus (A): BDNF; (B): synapsin I; (C): CREB; and (D): GAP-43. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were housed in NH for 2, 7 and 28 days, or standard cages. The effects of NH were mostly evident at the 28 days timepoint. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM.; Independent sample T-test (SPSS 16.0) was carried out between NH and cage con groups (*p<0.05, **p<0.01, n=9/group).