Quantitative analysis of contralateral hemisphere hypertrophy and sensorimotor performance in adult rats following unilateral neonatal ischemic-hypoxic brain injury

Brain Research

Volumn 708, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-99

  Jansen, Elizabeth M ^a   Low, Walter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain hypertrophy; Cerebral palsy; Contralateral hemisphere hypertrophy; Perinatal neural injury; Rat; Rota Rod treadmill; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTROPHY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0030027225     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01288-5     Document Type: Article

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