An enriched environment—with increased opportunities for physical activity, socialization and exploring novel stimuli—helped lessen functional, anatomical and cellular deficits in an experimental model of brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation at birth. What’s more, recovery of the brain’s white matter required a combination of all experimental interventions, not just a single intervention, suggests a new study led by researchers at Children’s National Hospital. Their findings, published online Feb. 19, 2020, in Nature Communications, could lead to new treatments for children affected by this condition.
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