Functional recovery and enhanced corticofugal plasticity after unilateral pyramidal tract lesion and blockade of myelin-associated neurite growth inhibitors in adult rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4744-4757

  Z'Graggen, Werner J ^a   Metz, Gerlinde A S ^a   Kartje, Gwendolyn L ^a,b,c   Thallmair, Michaela ^a   Schwab, Martin E ^a  

^a University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Injury; Motor function; Motor system; Nucleus tuber; Pons; Rat reaching; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

GROWTH INHIBITOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032526742     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-12-04744.1998     Document Type: Article

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