A unilateral section of the corticospinal tract at cervical level in primate does not lead to measurable cell loss in motor cortex

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 703-717

  Wannier, T ^a,b   Schmidlin, E ^a   Bloch, J ^c   Rouiller, Eric M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Physiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lesion; Monkey; Primary motor cortex; Spinal cord; Supplementary motor area

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY SMI 32; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; MEASUREMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARESIS; PRIMATE; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AXONS; AXOTOMY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS; PARESIS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20544472392     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2005.22.703     Document Type: Article

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