Comparison of functional recovery of manual dexterity after unilateral spinal cord lesion or motor cortex lesion in adult macaque monkeys

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 4 JUL, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hoogewoud, Florence ^a   Hamadjida, Adjia ^a   Wyss, Alexander F ^a   Mir, Anis ^b   Schwab, Martin E ^c,d   Belhaj Saif, Abderraouf ^a   Rouiller, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anti Nogo A antibody; Corticospinal tract; Injury of central nervous system; Non human primate; Premotor cortex; Reversible cortical inactivation

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN NOGO A;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX LESION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84883511737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00101     Document Type: Review

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