Plasticity of subcortical pathways promote recovery of skilled hand function in rats after corticospinal and rubrospinal tract injuries

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 266, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-119

  García Alías, Guillermo ^a   Truong, Kevin ^a   Shah, Prithvi K ^a   Roy, Roland R ^a   Edgerton, V Reggie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondroitinase ABC; Corticospinal; Plasticity; Reaching and grasping; Reticulospinal; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; PENICILLINASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HINDLIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM; HAND STRENGTH; INJURIES; LONG EVANS RAT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL TRACTS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84923914506     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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