Behavioral recovery from unilateral photothrombotic infarcts of the forelimb sensorimotor cortex in rats: Role of the contralateral cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1495-1506

  Shanina, E V ^a   Schallert, T ^b   Witte, O W ^a   Redecker, C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

forelimb; rat; recovery; sensorimotor cortex; stroke

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE RECOVERY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646130827     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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