Facilitation of motor skill learning by callosal denervation or forced forelimb use in adult rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 43-53

  Bury, Scott D ^a,c   Jones, Theresa A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum transections; Cortical injury; Denervation; Forelimb use; Reach training; Sensorimotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENERVATION; FACILITATION; FORELIMB; LEARNING; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENERVATION; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 1642316262     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00253-5     Document Type: Article

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