Stroke damage in mice overcome by training that 'rewires' brain centers
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found that mice can recover from physically debilitating strokes that damage the primary motor cortex, the region of the brain that controls most movement in the body, if the rodents are quickly subjected to physical conditioning that rapidly "rewires" a different part of the brain to take over lost function.