What are the best animal models for testing early intervention in cerebral palsy?

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Clowry, Gavin John ^a   Basuodan, Reem ^a   Chan, Felix ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Corticospinal tract; Hypoxia ischemia; Perinatal stroke; Periventricular white matter injury

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL ARTERIAL ISCHEMIC STROKE; PERIVENTRICULAR WHITE MATTER INJURY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

EID: 84920860684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00258     Document Type: Review

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