Amphetamine and task-specific practice augment recovery of vibrissae- evoked forelimb placing after unilateral sensorimotor cortical injury in the rat

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 459-468

  Schmanke, Troy ^a   Barth, Timothy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cortex; Forelimb placing; Somatosensory; Task practice

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0030876654     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1997.14.459     Document Type: Article

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