Reorganization of functional brain maps after exercise training: Importance of cerebellar-thalamic-cortical pathway

Brain Research

Volumn 1184, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-107

  Holschneider, D P ^a,b,c   Yang, J ^a   Guo, Y ^a   Maarek, J M I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System ^*  (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Cerebral blood flow; Exercise; Motor training; Plasticity; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

IODOPHENAZONE C 14;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ANTIPYRINE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 36349022135     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.09.081     Document Type: Article

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