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Abstract
We confirmed the formation of an aberrant ipsilateral corticospinal tract after unilateral
cerebral cortical ablation during the neonatal period in rat. This tract was studied
using anterograde horseradish peroxidase (HRP) tracing. Ramifications of the axons
in the pyramidal tract were found to contribute to the ipsilateral tract at the level
of the pyramidal decussation, suggesting that ramification of immature axons plays
an important role in the formation of the ipsilateral corticospinal tract.
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Publication history
Accepted:
January 21,
1994
Received:
October 20,
1993
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© 1994 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
