Targeted mini-strokes produce changes in interhemispheric sensory signal processing that are indicative of disinhibition within minutes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Mohajerani, Majid H ^a,b   Aminoltejari, Khatereh ^a,b   Murphy, Timothy H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

In vivo imaging; Ischemia; Plasticity; Recovery of cortical function; Thalamocortical circuit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FORELIMB; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PIA MATER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; TETRODOTOXIN; THALAMUS; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79959355101     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1101914108     Document Type: Article

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