Inosine promotes recovery of skilled motor function in a model of focal brain injury

Brain

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 915-925

  Smith, Justin M ^a   Lunga, Precious ^a   Story, David ^a   Harris, Neil ^a,b   Le Belle, Janel ^a,b   James, Michael F ^c   Pickard, John D ^a,d   Fawcett, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon sprouting; Behavioural assessment; Corticospinal tract; Head injury; Plasticity; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

INOSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INNERVATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FORELIMB; INFUSION; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FORELIMB; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INOSINE; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34249679045     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl393     Document Type: Article

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