Evaluation of neurobehavioral deficits following different severities of cerebral ischemia in rats: A comparison between the modified hole board test and the Morris water maze test

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-20

  Gordan, Maria Lucia ^a   Jungwirth, Bettina ^a   Ohl, Frauke ^b   Kellermann, Kristine ^a   Kochs, Eberhard F ^a   Blobner, Manfred ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Modified hole board test; Morris water maze; Motor deficit; Neurocognitive dysfunction; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MODIFIED HOLE BOARD TEST; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE DEGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84864739901     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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