Sensorimotor behavioral effects of endothelin-1 induced small cortical infarcts in C57BL/6 mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Tennant, Kelly A ^a   Jones, Theresa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Motor skills; Murine model; Reaching; Somatosensory asymmetry; Stroke; Upper extremity impairment

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNER AND BILATERAL TACTILE STIMULATION TEST; CYLINDER AND LADDER RUNG TEST; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORELIMB; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PASTA MATRIX REACHING TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHAM PROCEDURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ENDOTHELIN-1; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 67349222548     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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