Unilateral frontal lobe contusion and forelimb function: Chronic quantitative and qualitative impairments in reflexive and skilled forelimb movements in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1584-1600

  Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Piecharka, Dionne M ^a   Zeeb, Fiona ^a   Stein, Donald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral skilled limb use impairments; Concussion; Concussion and skilled movement impairment; Contusion; Skilled forelimb use; Skilled forelimb use and recovery; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FORELIMB; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FORELIMB; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTURE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, ABNORMAL;

EID: 8744304831     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2004.21.1584     Document Type: Article

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