Behavioral recovery from unilateral photothrombotic infarcts of the forelimb sensorimotor cortex in rats: role of the contralateral cortex

Neuroscience
Elena V ShaninaChristoph Redecker

Abstract

During sensorimotor recovery following stroke ipsi- and contralesional alterations in brain function have been characterized in patients as well as animal models of focal ischemia, but the contribution of these bilateral processes to the functional improvement is only poorly understood. Here we examined the role of the homotopic contralateral cortex for sensorimotor recovery after focal ischemic infarcts at different time periods after the insult. One group of animals received a unilateral single photothrombotic infarct in the forelimb sensorimotor cortex, while four additional groups received a second lesion in the contralateral homotopic cortex either immediately or 2 days, 7 days, or 10 days after the first infarct. The time course of functional recovery of the impaired forelimbs was assessed using different sensorimotor scores: forelimb-activity during exploratory behavior and frequency of forelimb-sliding in the glass cylinder as well as forelimb misplacement during grid walking. Focal infarcts in the forelimb sensorimotor cortex area significantly impaired the function of the contralateral forelimb in these different behavioral tests. The subsequent damage of the contralateral homotopic forelimb sensorimotor cortex only a...Continue Reading

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