Neuroendocrinology: Housing conditions affect tumour growth.

摘要

Environmental enrichment has been shown in rodents to have positive effects - on learning and memory, and in models of mood and neurodegenerative disorders. A paper published recently in Cell shows that mice living in an enriched environment (EE) are also more resistant to tumour growth through a pathway involving brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), leptin and adiponectin.