Motor skills training enhances lesion-induced structural plasticity in the motor cortex of adult rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 10153-10163

  Jones, Theresa A ^a   Chu, Catherine J ^a   Grande, Lucinda A ^a   Gregory, Aurora D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral compensation; Motor cortex; Motor learning; Multiple synaptic boutons; Perforated synapses; Recovery of function; Rehabilitative training; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRAINING;

EID: 0033571908     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-22-10153.1999     Document Type: Article

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