Functional recovery from cortical hemiplegia in the rat: Effects of a callosotomy

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-271

  Zepeda, Angélica ^a,b   Montiel, Teresa ^a   Brailowsky, Simón ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Motor cortex; Plasticity; Rat; Windows of opportunity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HEMIPLEGIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0033036604     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1999.16.267     Document Type: Article

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