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Decortication of the brain is a neurosurgical procedure involving the surgical removal of the cortex of the brain. It is a procedure most commonly performed for experimental purposes is the procedure has been shown to affect:

Procedure

Decortication is performed under general anaesthesia.

See also

References

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  • Matthies, B. K., & Franklin, K. B. J. (1995). Effects of partial decortication on opioid analgesia in the formalin test: Behavioural Brain Research Vol 67(1) Feb 1995, 59-66.
  • Metzler, P., Haas, W., & Potel, C. (2002). Memory disturbances following unilateral cerebral lesions: Nervenarzt Vol 73(4) 2002, 355-363.
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  • Nezlina, N. I., & Kuznetsova, G. D. (1983). Conditioned switching-over in rats after temporary functional decortication: Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti Vol 33(5) 1983, 834-838.
  • Oakley, D. A. (1979). Instrumental reversal learning and subsequent fixed ratio performance on simple and go/no-go schedules in neodecorticate rabbits: Physiological Psychology Vol 7(1) Mar 1979, 29-42.
  • Oakley, D. A. (1980). Improved instrumental learning in neodecorticate rats: Physiology & Behavior Vol 24(2) Feb 1980, 357-366.
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  • Oakley, D. A., & Russell, I. S. (1978). Manipulandum identification in operant behaviour in neodecorticate rabbits: Physiology & Behavior Vol 21(6) Dec 1978, 943-950.
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  • Panksepp, J., Normansell, L., Cox, J. F., & Siviy, S. M. (1994). Effects of neonatal decortication on the social play of juvenile rats: Physiology & Behavior Vol 56(3) Sep 1994, 429-443.
  • Pellis, S. M., Whishaw, I. Q., & Pellis, V. C. (1991). Visual modulation of vestibularly-triggered air-righting in rats involves the superior colliculus: Behavioural Brain Research Vol 46(2) Dec 1991, 151-156.
  • Perenin, M. T. (1978). Visual function within the hemianopic field following early cerebral hemidecortication in man: II. Pattern discrimination: Neuropsychologia Vol 16(6) 1978, 697-708.
  • Perenin, M. T., & Jeannerod, M. (1978). Visual function within the hemianopic field following early cerebral hemidecortication in man: I. Spatial localization: Neuropsychologia Vol 16(1) 1978, 1-13.
  • Pointis, D., & Borenstein, P. (1979). Effects of thioproperazine and sulpiride on the locomotor rhythms in the decorticate cat: Psychopharmacology Vol 60(3) 1979, 271-276.
  • Porter, J. H., Hornbuckle, P. A., Lynch, M. R., & Crutchfield, D. V. (1982). Effects of bilateral and unilateral neocortical lesions on schedule-induced polydipsia in rats: Physiology & Behavior Vol 29(1) Jul 1982, 177-181.
  • Ravizza, R. J., & Masterton, B. (1972). Contribution of neocortex to sound localization in opossum (Didelphis virginiana): Journal of Neurophysiology Vol 35(3) May 1972, 344-356.
  • Rose, F. D., Dell, P. A., Davey, M. J., & Love, S. (1987). Hemidecortication in the rat as a model for investigating recovery from brain injury: Medical Science Research Vol 15(1-4) Jan-Feb 1987, 157-158.
  • Rose, F. D., Love, S., Dell, P. A., & Davey, M. J. (1988). Environmental attenuation of DRL performance in the rat following hemidecortication: Medical Science Research Vol 16(11) Jun 1988, 563-564.
  • Saade, N. E., Shbeir, S. A., Atweh, S. F., & Jabbur, S. J. (1996). Effects of cerebral cortical and striatal lesions on autotomy following peripheral neurectomy in rats: Physiology & Behavior Vol 60(2) Aug 1996, 559-566.
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  • Santucci, A. C., Treichler, F. R., & Ahlers, S. T. (1986). Effects of ethanol inhalation exposure on brightness discrimination after posterior decortication: Physiological Psychology Vol 14(3-4) Sep-Dec 1986, 90-95.
  • Schallert, T., & Whishaw, I. Q. (1985). Neonatal hemidecortication and bilateral cutaneous stimulation in rats: Developmental Psychobiology Vol 18(6) Nov 1985, 501-514.
  • Sherman, S. M. (1974). Monocularly deprived cats: Improvement of the deprived eye's vision by visual decortication: Science Vol 186(4160) Oct 1974, 267-269.
  • Stoerig, P., Faubert, J., Ptito, M., Diaconu, V., & et al. (1996). No blindsight following hemidecortication in human subjects? : Neuroreport: An International Journal for the Rapid Communication of Research in Neuroscience Vol 7(12) Aug 1996, 1990-1994.
  • Tanaka, D. (1973). Effects of selective prefrontal decortication on escape behaviour in the monkey: Brain Research Vol 53 1973, 161-173.
  • Terry, P., Herbert, B. A., & Oakley, D. A. (1989). Anomalous patterns of response learning and transfer in decorticate rats: Behavioural Brain Research Vol 33(1) May 1989, 105-109.
  • Thompson, W. G., Guilford, M. O., & Hicks, L. H. (1980). Effects of caudate and cortical lesions on place and response learning in rats: Physiological Psychology Vol 8(4) Dec 1980, 473-479.
  • Thorne, B. M., Latham, E. E., & Thompson, M. E. (1973). No sparing of function following serial posterior neodecortication in rats given interoperative training: Journal of General Psychology Vol 88(1) Jan 1973, 121-126.
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  • Whishaw, I. Q., Dyck, R., & Kolb, B. (1991). Sparing of two types of hippocampal rhythmical slow activity (RSA, theta) in adult rats decorticated neonatally: Brain Research Bulletin Vol 26(3) Mar 1991, 425-427.
  • Whishaw, I. Q., & Kolb, B. (1984). Decortication abolishes place but not cue learning in rats: Behavioural Brain Research Vol 11(2) Feb 1984, 123-134.
  • Whishaw, I. Q., & Kolb, B. (1985). The mating movements of male decorticate rats: Evidence for subcortically generated movements by the male but regulation of approaches by the female: Behavioural Brain Research Vol 17(3) Oct 1985, 171-191.
  • Whishaw, I. Q., Mittleman, G., & Evenden, J. L. (1989). Training-dependent decay in performance produced by the neuroleptic cis(Z)-flupentixol on spatial navigation by rats in a swimming pool: Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior Vol 32(1) Jan 1989, 211-220.
  • Whishaw, I. Q., Nonneman, A. J., & Kolb, B. (1981). Environmental constraints on motor abilities used in grooming, swimming, and eating by decorticate rats: Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology Vol 95(5) Oct 1981, 792-804.
  • Whishaw, I. Q., Schallert, T., & Kolb, B. (1981). An analysis of feeding and sensorimotor abilities of rats after decortication: Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology Vol 95(1) Feb 1981, 85-103.
  • Whishaw, I. Q., Zaborowski, J.-A., & Kolb, B. (1984). Postsurgical enrichment aids adult hemidecorticate rats on a spatial navigation task: Behavioral & Neural Biology Vol 42(2) Nov 1984, 183-190.
  • Wilson, J. R., Vardaris, R. M., & Schweikert, G. E. (1975). Technique for chronic electrode or cannula implantation in decorticate animals: Physiology & Behavior Vol 14(6) Jun 1975, 875-877.
  • Windholz, G., & Grimsley, D. L. (1992). Pavlov's position on the effects of decortication on conditional reflexes: Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science Vol 27(2) Apr-Jun 1992, 170-181.
  • Yu, J. (1984). Conditioned tactile placing in cats with unilateral neodecortication or spinal cord hemisection: Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis Vol 44(1) 1984, 29-32.
  • Zappoli, R., & Versari, A. (1990). Applications of bit-mapped "cognitive" potentials (ERPs) in clinical neurophysiology: CNV complex in patients with destruction of the dorso-anteromedial bidirectional thalamo-prefrontal pathways: Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences Vol 11(4) Aug 1990, 339-344.



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