A novel approach to induction and rehabilitation of deficits in forelimb function in a rat model of ischemic stroke

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-112

  Livingston Thomas, Jessica Mary ^a   Hume, Andrew Wilson ^a   Doucette, Tracy Ann ^a   Tasker, Richard Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDNF; brain ischemia; endothelin 1; neuroplasticity; rehabilitation therapy; stroke; voluntary forced use movement therapy (FUMT)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMB INJURY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VOLUNTARY FORCED USE MOVEMENT THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIN-1; FORELIMB; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84872070618     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2012.106     Document Type: Article

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