Tongue protrusion: A simple test for neurological recovery in rats following focal cerebral ischemia

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 183-193

  Gulyaeva, Natalia ^a   Thompson, Charlie ^b   Shinohara, Nobuaki ^b   Lazareva, Natalia ^a   Onufriev, Mikhail ^a   Stepanichev, Mikhail ^a   Moiseeva, Yulia ^a   Fliss, Henry ^c   Hakim, Antoine M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral testing; Focal ischemia; Infarct volume; Rat; Tongue protrusion

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOOD; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; LICKING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TONGUE;

EID: 0037901314     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00056-6     Document Type: Article

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