Subcutaneous neurotrophin-3 infusion induces corticospinal neuroplasticity and improvements in dexterity and walking in elderly rats after large cortical stroke
Denise A. Duricki, Sotiris G. Kakanos, Barbara Haenzi, Christina Wayman, Nora Bödecker, Antje Vogelgesang, Diana Cash, Lawrence David Falcon Moon
This study shows that subcutaneous NT3 infusion improves sensorimotor recovery in elderly rats after cortical stroke through corticospinal axon sprouting, not neuroprotection.
bioRxiv · Aug 6, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience