Plasticity of the contralateral motor cortex following focal traumatic brain injury in the rat

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-85

  Axelson, Hans W ^a   Winkler, Tomas ^a   Flygt, Johanna ^a   Djupsjö, Anders ^a   Hånell, Anders ^a   Marklund, Niklas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

mapping; microstimulation; motor cortex; motor evoked potential; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84873666947     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2012-120242     Document Type: Article

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