Limits on recovery in the corticospinal tract of the rat: Partial lesions impair skilled reaching and the topographic representation of the forelimb in motor cortex

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-211

  Piecharka, Dionne M ^a   Kleim, Jeffrey A ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation and movement; Motor maps; Pyramidal tract; Rat pyramidal tract; Recovery from pyramidal tract lesion; Skilled reaching; Skilled reaching and pyramidal tract

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FORELIMB; MICROELECTRODES; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 22144493873     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.04.013     Document Type: Article

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