Dissociable effects in reaction time performance after unilateral cerebral infarction: A comparison between the left and right frontal cortices in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1069, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 182-189

  Hoff, Erik I ^a,b,d   Blokland, Arjan ^c,d   Rutten, Kris ^c,d   Steinbusch, Harry W M ^a,d   Van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a,b,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d European Graduate School of Neuroscience   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Cortex; Information processing; Mental slowing; Neglect; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; RATS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31344448049     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.11.070     Document Type: Article

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