Some functional recovery and behavioral sparing occurs independent of task-specific practice after injury to the rat's sensorimotor cortex

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-59

  Soblosky, Joseph S ^a   Colgin, Laura L ^a   Chorney Lane, Diane ^a   Davidson, June F ^a   Carey, Michael E ^a  

^a Neurotrauma Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral compensation; Forelimb deficit; Hindlimb deficit; Rat; Recovery; Sensorimotor cortex; Task specific practice; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0031404839     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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