ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Environmental Enrichment for Rats and Mice Housed in Laboratories: A Metareview.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Bored at home?-A systematic review on the effect of environmental enrichment on the welfare of laboratory rats and mice.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Pooled it
- Environmental enrichment applied during epileptogenesis increases seizure latency and reduces serum interleukin-6 in a PTZ kindling model.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2026Article
- Welfare Assessment of Female BALB/c Mice Housed with Different Environmental Enrichment Materials.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Impact of Bedding Volume on Cage Microclimate and Behavior in 129SV and Desmin-Knockout (Des-/-) Mice.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Sex-dependent effects of environmental enrichment on mood-related behaviors, central and peripheral BDNF, and adrenal catecholamine enzymes in mice.Physiological reports · 2026Article
- Paired versus Single Housing of Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) Does Not Influence Experimental Outcomes of Influenza A Virus Pathogenesis Studies.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2026Article
- Influence of environmental enrichment on rodents' brains: neurochemical and neuroanatomical aspects.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Effect of dairy calf rearing systems on affective states.Discover animals · 2026Review
- Prenatal and neonatal housing conditions affect anxiety-like behavior in adulthood in rats and interact with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met to alter expression of BDNF and stress markers in the ventral hippocampus.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Article
- Experiencing Novelty in Adolescence and the Influence of Prior Novelty-Related Experiences on Adult Behavioral Outcomes in Wistar Han Rats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Effects of Enlarged Housing on Social Play and Reward Seeking in Rats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Housing in a Large Open Cage Did Not Affect the Phenotypic Traits of Obese Male Zucker fa/fa Rats When Compared to IVC-Housed Rats, but Improved the Rats' Well-Being.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Rearing in a Shelved Environment Chronically Modifies Offspring Behaviour and Physiology.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Article
- Refining In-Cage Enrichment for Specialized Mouse Scenarios.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2025Article
- What must not be named : Facts, emotions and coping strategies to enhance animal welfare in research.EMBO reports · 2025Article
- Environmental enrichment with nylon gnaw sticks introduces variation in Sprague Dawley rat immune and lower gastrointestinal parameters with differences between sexes.Animal microbiome · 2025Article
- Relationship between enriched environment and neurodegeneration: a review from mechanism to therapy.Clinical epigenetics · 2025Review
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- Environmental enrichment for laboratory rats and mice: endocrine, physiological, and behavioral benefits of meeting rodents' biological needs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Group Social Dynamics in a Seminatural Setup Reflect the Adaptive Value of Aggression in Male Mice.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Environmental enrichment has been widely studied in rodents, but there is no consensus on what enrichment should look like or what it should achieve. Inconsistent use of the term "enrichment" creates challenges in drawing conclusions about the quality of an environment, which may slow housing improvements for laboratory animals. Many review articles have addressed environmental enrichment for laboratory rats and mice (
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