Sex differences in recovery of motor function in a rhesus monkey model of cortical injury

Highlights Aged female and male rhesus monkeys were trained on a fine motor task before undergoing surgery to produce a lesion to the hand area representation of the primary motor cortex Aged female monkeys returned to pre-operative latency and grasp patterns faster than aged males after cortical in...

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Main Authors: Karen R. Bottenfield, Bethany G. E. Bowley, Monica A. Pessina, Maria Medalla, Douglas L. Rosene, Tara L. Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Biology of Sex Differences
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-021-00398-9