TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bärmann, J.
AU  - Walter, H. L.
AU  - Pikhovych, A.
AU  - Endepols, H.
AU  - Fink, G. R.
AU  - Rueger, M. A.
AU  - Schroeter, M.
TI  - An analysis of the CatWalk XT and a composite score to assess neurofunctional deficits after photothrombosis in mice
JO  - Neuroscience letters
VL  - 751
SN  - 0304-3940
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
PB  - Elsevier Science
M1  - FZJ-2021-02033
SP  - 135811 -
PY  - 2021
AB  - The purpose of this study was to evaluate CatWalk’s capability for assessing the functional outcome after photothrombotic stroke affecting the motor cortex of mice. Mice were tested up to 21 days after photothrombosis or sham surgery using CatWalk, and a composite score assessing functional deficits (neuroscore).The neuroscore demonstrated deficits of the contralateral forelimb for more than two weeks after stroke. There were no asymmetric or coordinative dysfunctions of limbs detected by CatWalk. However, CatWalk data revealed impairment of locomotion speed and its depending parameters for one-week after stroke in strong correlation to the neuroscore.Data suggest that the composite neuroscore allows to more sensitively and precisely specify and quantify photothrombosis-induced hemisyndromes than CatWalk.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - 33727129
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000635104700002
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.neulet.2021.135811
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/892372
ER  -