Motor cortex electrical stimulation promotes axon outgrowth to brain stem and spinal targets that control the forelimb impaired by unilateral corticospinal injury

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1090-1102

  Carmel, Jason B ^a,b,c   Kimura, Hiroki ^c   Berrol, Lauren J ^c   Martin, John H ^c,d,e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Burke Cornell Medical Research Institute   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal; Electrical stimulation; Injury; Motor cortex; Rat; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DENERVATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; INNERVATION; LIMB INJURY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARVOCELLULAR RED NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE REGENERATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84875681426     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12119     Document Type: Article

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