Age and other factors in motor recovery from precentral lesions in monkeys
Age and other factors in motor recovery from precentral lesions in monkeys
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DOI:
10.1152/ajplegacy.1936.115.1.138
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1936-03-01
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Kennard, MA
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Kennard, MA
Recovery of motor power in the extremities of monkeys after unilateral and bilateral ablations of the motor and premotor areas of the cortex is influenced by a number of factors. The age of the animals affect3 both rate of recovery and degree of motor deficit young and immature animals recover more quickly and extensively than adults. The size of the lesion made in a single hemisphere also affects recovery, which is much more rapid after smaller lesions even though these may include all excitable motor tissue for a given extremity. The hemisphere ipsilateral to the extremities also influences recovery since extirpation from the motor areas of this side causes additional ipsilateral deficit. In older animals when the interval between successive ablations of the motor-premotor areas of the 2 hemispheres exceeds 4 weeks there is some recovery. This slight return of voluntary movement occurs on the side that was first paralyzed. In infant monkeys operated upon when forced grasping is normally present and when motor performance is still poorly coordinated, removal of the premotor and motor areas of one side has little effect on motor performance ; in such an infant extirpation of the motor areas of the 2d hemisphere after complete recovery from the first operation produces a permanent deficit, but voluntary movements are adequately performed, so that the animal is able to maintain itself, and to grow and develop normally. The motor performance of such an animal, when well-grown (2 yrs. of age) resembles that of the infant macaque. Forced grasping persists and movements are slow and incoordinated.