Back seat driving: Hindlimb corticospinal neurons assume forelimb control following ischaemic stroke

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3265-3281

  Starkey, Michelle Louise ^a,c   Bleul, Christiane ^a   Zörner, Björn ^a,d   Lindau, Nicolas Thomas ^a   Mueggler, Thomas ^b,e   Rudin, Markus ^b   Schwab, Martin Ernst ^a  

^a University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

functional recovery; movement control; plasticity; sprouting; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; INTRACORTICAL MICROSTIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84870166716     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws270     Document Type: Article

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