Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion disrupts the forelimb movement representations of rat motor cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 951-963

  Gharbawie, Omar A ^a   Williams, Preston T J A ^a   Kolb, Bryan ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Globus pallidus; Intracortical microstimulation; Reach to grasp; Skilled reaching; Stroke or ischemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FORELIMB; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARESIS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STROKE;

EID: 50449107661     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06399.x     Document Type: Article

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