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The Effects of Early and Late Hemidecortication on Vision and Locomotion in the Rabbit

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Post-Lesion Neural Plasticity

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The hemispherectomized rat and cat have been used by various investigators as a model for studying the processes underlying age-dependent recovery from brain damage.

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Van Hof, M.W., De Vos-Korthals, W.H., Hobbelen, J.F. (1988). The Effects of Early and Late Hemidecortication on Vision and Locomotion in the Rabbit. In: Flohr, H. (eds) Post-Lesion Neural Plasticity. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73849-4_15

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