Xerri, "Environmental enrichment alters organizational features of the
forepaw representation in the primary somatosensory cortex of adult rats," Experimental Brain Research, vol.
Another pair of steel needle electrodes was inserted into the median nerve of the left
forepaw as stimulating electrodes.
Neurological function assessment was performed at 24 h after I/R as described previously on a five-point scale system as follows: 0, no neurological deficit; 1, failure to extend left
forepaw fully; 2, circling to contralateral side; 3, falling towards contralateral side; 4, no spontaneous walking with a depressed level of consciousness (Longa et al.
The increase in the distance accorded with other reports that acute administration of 5-HT1A agonists caused serotonin syndrome represented by hyperactive behavior, flat body posture, and
forepaw treading [30, 31].
0: no neurological deficit; 1: failure to extend the right
forepaw fully; 2: circling to the right; 3: falling to the right; 4: no spontaneous walking with a depressed level of consciousness.
Bilateral
forepaw grasp measures the ability to hold onto a 2 mm diameter steel rod, graded 0 for a rat with normal
forepaw grasping behavior to 3 for a rat unable to grasp with the
forepaws.
Using blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) functional MRI (fMRf) to determine neuronal activity following
forepaw or hindpaw stimulation, MPC-treated animals showed a significant increase in neuronal activity compared with conlrols in both the infarct area (p less than 0.01) and in the primary motor cortex on the side of the infarct (p less than 0.05).
Using blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) functional MRI (fMRI) to determine neuronal activity following
forepaw or hindpaw stimulation, MPC-treated animals showed a significant increase in neuronal activity compared with controls in both the infarct area (p less than 0.01) and in the primary motor cortex on the side of the infarct (p less than 0.05).
In 2006, the technique returned some limb control to rats with one paralyzed
forepaw. And in 2011, it helped paralyzed rats regain the ability to breathe.
He regained his feet with difficulty and I saw blood spurting from a deep slash under the right
forepaw. A quick examination showed the big pad sliced, as though by a surgeon's scalpel.
She holds his
forepaw in her hand, and pulls up a fold in her skirt to secure him from slipping like her own bodice, which has already come loose from its flimsy shoulder-straps.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging in rats subjected to intense electrical and noxious chemical stimulation of the
forepaw. Pain, 87(3), 315-324.