Epidural cortical stimulation enhances motor function after sensorimotor cortical infarcts in rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 356-370

  Adkins, DeAnna L ^a   Campos, Peter ^a   Quach, David ^a   Borromeo, Mark ^a   Schallert, Kellan ^a   Jones, Theresa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral recovery; Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU); Cortical stimulation; Epidural electrical stimulation; Ischemia; Motor cortex; Motor learning; Skilled reaching; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DYE; FLUORO JADE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SKILL; STAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 33746288691     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.02.131     Document Type: Article

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