Figure 9.

Effect of hindlimb motor cortex inactivation on hindlimb motor performance. Acute inactivation of the ipsilesional hindlimb motor cortex significantly increased foot faults of both A, ipsilesional and B, contralesional hindlimbs during ladder walking 3 weeks after hemisection compared with before inactivation and during contralesional cortical inactivation. Data are plotted as group mean ± SD in three rats. Statistical evaluation was performed with a two-factor ANOVA supplemented with Bonferroni multiple-comparison tests, asterisks indicate significance: **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.