Modeling middle cerebral artery stroke in rats : an examination of the skilled reaching impairments
dc.contributor.author | Gharbawie, Omar A. | |
dc.contributor.author | University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science | |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Whishaw, Ian Q. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-07-20T19:52:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-07-20T19:52:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.degree.discipline | Neuroscience | |
dc.degree.field | Arts and Science | |
dc.degree.level | Doctor of Philosophy | |
dc.degree.subfield | Sciences | |
dc.description | xiii, 345 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM | en |
dc.description.abstract | Middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke can produce chronic incapacitating motor impairments. Understanding the neural basis of the motor syndromes is complicated by the diversity of neural structures damaged but the problem can be addressed in laboratory rats by inducing selective infarcts. Nevertheless, the motor syndromes that ensue from stroke in rats remain poorly understood and undermine its potential as a model for clinical stroke. The objective of the present thesis was to document the skilled reaching impairments from neocortical and subcortical MCA infarcts in rats. In addition, the integrity of the motor system components spared by the infarct was assessed neurophysiologically and neuroanatomically. Characteristic reaching impairments emerged from each infarct but there were also some overlapping features that might be explained by neural dysfunction extending beyond the boundaries of the infarct. The present studies showed that the laboratory rat is an ideal animal model for studying stroke, which should be of interest to both clinical and research scientists studying stroke. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10133/388 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.librarysymbol | ALU | |
dc.organization | University of Lethbridge | |
dc.publisher | Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2006 | en |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Neuroscience | en |
dc.publisher.faculty | Arts and Science | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science) | en |
dc.subject | Dissertations, Academic | en |
dc.subject | Cerebrovascular disease -- Animal models | en |
dc.subject | Cerebrovascular disease -- Research | en |
dc.subject | Cerebrovascular disease -- Treatment | en |
dc.subject | Motor ability -- Research | en |
dc.subject | Rats as laboratory animals | en |
dc.title | Modeling middle cerebral artery stroke in rats : an examination of the skilled reaching impairments | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |