Traumatic brain injury of the forelimb and hindlimb sensorimotor areas in the rat: Physiological, histological and behavioral correlates

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-92

  Soblosky, Joseph S ^a   Matthews, Murray A ^a   Davidson, June F ^a   Tabor, Stacy L ^a   Carey, Michael E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Behavioral compensation; Cerebellum; Forelimb deficit; Hindlimb deficit; Rat; Sensorimotor cortex; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 0030248041     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(95)00264-2     Document Type: Article

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