Morphology of identified corticospinal cells in the rat following motor cortex injury: Absence of use-dependent change

Brain Research

Volumn 714, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Prusky, Glen ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticospinal neuron; Dendritic branching; Motor cortex; Plasticity; Recovery of function; Skilled forelimb use in rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT;

EID: 0029874940     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01347-4     Document Type: Article

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