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Environmental enrichment: a cure for cancer? It's all in the mind Free
Terence Y.C. Pang 1,* and Anthony J. Hannan1,2,*
1Howard Florey Institute, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
2Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia *Correspondence to:Terence Y.C. Pang, E-mail: terence.pang@florey.edu.au; Anthony J. Hannan, E-mail: anthony.hannan@florey.edu.au
J Mol Cell Biol, Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2010, 302-304,  https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mjq027

Environmental enrichment is used to enhance mental stimulation and physical activity and has been shown to delay onset and progression of a range of brain disorders. Now, Cao et al. report in Cell that this paradigm also exerts strong influences beyond the brain and is capable of suppressing tumor growth in mice.


Volume 2, Issue 6
December 2010