Focal photothrombotic lesion of the rat motor cortex increases BDNF levels in motor-sensory cortical areas not accompanied by recovery of forelimb motor skills

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1362-1377

  Sulejczak, Dorota ^a   Ziemlińska, Ewelina ^b   Czarkowska Bauch, Julita ^b   Nosecka, Ewa ^b   Strzalkowski, Ryszard ^b   Skup, Malgorzata ^a,b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

BDNF; Neurodegeneration; Recovery; Sensorimotor cortex; Skilled reaching; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORELIMB; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FORELIMB; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548324015     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.0261     Document Type: Article

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