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Adequate stimulation of the aging brain can delay/compensate for age-related impairment.
Environmental enrichment (EE) is a promising protocol to extend the “mind-span”.
We offer some suggestions on the key variables requiring standardization.
Consensus on EE experimental design would improve the bench to bedside process.
Aging
entails a progressive decline of cognitive abilities. However, since
the brain is endowed with considerable plasticity, adequate stimulation
can delay or partially compensate for age-related structural and
functional impairment. Environmental enrichment (EE) has been reported
to determine a wide range of cerebral changes. Although most findings
have been obtained in young and adult animals, research has recently
turned to aged individuals. Notably, EE can contribute identifying key
lifestyle factors whose change can help extend the “mind-span”, i.e.,
the time an individual lives in a healthy cognitive condition. Here we
discuss specific methodological issues that can affect the outcomes of
EE interventions applied to aged rodents, summarize the main variables
that would need standardization (e.g., timing and duration,
enrichment items, control animals and setting), and offer some
suggestions on how this goal may be achieved. Reaching a consensus on EE
experiment design would significantly reduce differences between and
within laboratories, enable constructive discussions among researchers,
and improve data interpretation.(Long past time for the stroke medical world to have created EXACT STROKE PROTOCOLS ON THIS)
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