Wheel-Running Modestly Promotes Functional Recovery after a Unilateral Cortical Lesion in Rats

Xiurong Zhao; Jaroslaw Aronowski; Shi-Jie Liu; Timothy Schallert; Jie Zhang; Roger Strong; Zhi-Shuo Ou; Theresa Nguyen; James C. Grotta

doi:10.1155/2005/105341

Behavioural Neurology (Jan 2005)

Wheel-Running Modestly Promotes Functional Recovery after a Unilateral Cortical Lesion in Rats

Xiurong Zhao,
Jaroslaw Aronowski,
Shi-Jie Liu,
Timothy Schallert,
Jie Zhang,
Roger Strong,
Zhi-Shuo Ou,
Theresa Nguyen,
James C. Grotta

Affiliations

Xiurong Zhao: Department of Neurology, University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Jaroslaw Aronowski: Department of Neurology, University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Shi-Jie Liu: Department of Neurology, University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Timothy Schallert: University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Neuroscience, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Jie Zhang: University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Neuroscience, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Roger Strong: University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Neuroscience, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Zhi-Shuo Ou: University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Neuroscience, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Theresa Nguyen: University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Neuroscience, Austin, TX 78712, USA
James C. Grotta: Department of Neurology, University of Texas, Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2005/105341
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 41 – 49

Abstract

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Background: We aimed to determine whether early or delayed wheel-running (W) after a cortical lesion in rats influences functional recovery and protein expression involving synaptic plasticity.

Published in Behavioural Neurology

ISSN: 0953-4180 (Print); 1875-8584 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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