Quantitative kinematic characterization of reaching impairments in mice after a stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 382-392

  Lai, Stefano ^a   Panarese, Alessandro ^a   Spalletti, Cristina ^a,b   Alia, Claudia ^b,c   Ghionzoli, Alessio ^a   Caleo, Matteo ^a,b   Micera, Silvestro ^a,d  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ischemic stroke; kinematics; mouse; skilled reaching; video tracking

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAMERA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; FOREFOOT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHROMBOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACHING IMPAIRMENT; REACHING TASK; REHABILITATION; THROMBOSIS; ANIMAL; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; C57BL MOUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STROKE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; STROKE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84925774965     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314545174     Document Type: Article

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