Ladder beam and camera video recording system for evaluating forelimb and hindlimb deficits after sensorimotor cortex injury in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 75-83

  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

Beam walking; Brain lesion; Forelimb; Hindlimb; Motor recovery; Rat; Sensorimotor cortex; Wire grid test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; RELIABILITY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031592337     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00131-3     Document Type: Article

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