Acute inactivation of the contralesional hemisphere for longer durations improves recovery after cortical injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue , 2014, Pages 18-28

  Mansoori, Babak K ^a   Jean Charles, Loyda ^a   Touvykine, Boris ^a   Liu, Aihua ^b   Quessy, Stephan ^a   Dancause, Numa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contralesional; Cortex; Forelimb; Hand; Inactivation; Inhibition; Lesion; Rat; Recovery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CONTRALESIONAL; CORTEX; FORELIMB; HAND; INACTIVATION; INHIBITION; LESION; RAT; RECOVERY; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCIMOL; PARESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893349813     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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