A comparison of different models of stroke on behaviour and brain morphology

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1950-1962

  Gonzalez, C L R ^a   Kolb, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Golgi Cox; Ischemia; Long Evans rat; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC CELL; FOREFOOT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPINY NEURON; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HELIANTHUS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SILVER STAINING; SUCTION; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE;

EID: 0242708670     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02928.x     Document Type: Article

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