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The Journal of Neuroscience, February 4, 2004, 24(5):1245-1254; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3834-03.2004

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Efficacy of Rehabilitative Experience Declines with Time after Focal Ischemic Brain Injury

Jeff Biernaskie, Garry Chernenko, and Dale Corbett

Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Campus, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3V6

To maximize the effectiveness of rehabilitative therapies after stroke, it is critical to determine when the brain is most responsive (i.e., plastic) to sensorimotor experience after injury and to focus such efforts within this period. Here, we compared the efficacy of 5 weeks of enriched rehabilitation (ER) initiated at 5 d (ER5), ER14, or ER30 after focal ischemia, as judged by functional outcome and neuromorphological change. ER5 provided marked improvement in skilled forelimb reaching ability and ladder-rung- and narrow-beam-walking tasks and attenuated the stroke-induced reliance on the unaffected forepaw for postural support. ER14 provided improvement to a somewhat lesser extent, whereas recovery was diminished after ER30 such that motor function did not differ from ischemic animals exposed to social housing.

To examine potential neural substrates of the improved function, we examined dendritic morphology in the undamaged motor cortex because our previous work (Biernaskie and Corbett, 2001) suggested that recovery was associated with enhanced dendritic growth in this region. ER5 increased the number of branches and complexity of layer V neurons compared with both social housing and control animals. Dendritic arbor after ER14 (although increased) and ER30 did not differ from those exposed to social housing. These data suggest that the poststroke brain displays heightened sensitivity to rehabilitative experience early after the stroke but declines with time. These findings have important implications for rehabilitation of stroke patients, many of whom experience considerable delays before therapy is initiated.

Key words: stroke; ischemia; rehabilitation; recovery of function; dendritic morphology; motor cortex; striatum; forelimb

Received Aug 17, 2003; revised December 3, 2003; accepted December 5, 2003.




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