Effects of bilateral and unilateral locus coeruleus lesions on beam-walking recovery after subsequent unilateral sensorimotor cortex suction-ablation in the rat

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Goldslein, Larry B ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Locus coeruleus; Motor function; Norepinephrine; Rat; Recovery; Stroke; Trauma

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STROKE;

EID: 0030919286     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/rnn-1997-111206     Document Type: Article

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