Recovery of function after brain damage: Differential effects of blocking calcium uptake during the recovery of a learned behavior and the performance of the recovered behavior following neocortical brain injury

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 311-316

  Hinson, J ^a   Lambert, D C ^a   LeVere, T E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calcium channel antagonists; Learned behaviors; Neocortical lesions; Nimodipine; Rats; Recovery of function

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; NIMODIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRIGHTNESS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; LEARNING; MALE; NIMODIPINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS;

EID: 0029876824     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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