Gerlinde A. Metz

Cortical and subcortical lesions impair skilled walking in the ladder rung walking test: a new task to evaluate fore- and hindlimb stepping, placing, and co-ordination.

Impairment of pronation, supination, and body co-ordination in reach-to-grasp tasks in human Parkinson's disease (PD) reveals homology to deficits in animal models.

Absence of impairments or recovery mediated by the uncrossed pyramidal tract in the rat versus enduring deficits produced by the crossed pyramidal tract.

Distinct forelimb and hind limb stepping impairments in unilateral dopamine-depleted rats: use of the rotorod as a method for the qualitative analysis of skilled walking.

Acute alcohol administration improves skilled reaching success in intact but not 6-OHDA dopamine depleted rats: a subsystems analysis of the motoric and anxiolytic effects of alcohol.

Detection of chronic sensorimotor impairments in the ladder rung walking task in rats with endothelin-1-induced mild focal ischemia.

Preserved ipsilateral-to-lesion motor map organization in the unilateral 6-OHDA-treated rat model of Parkinson's disease.

Motor improvements after focal cortical ischemia in adult rats are mediated by compensatory mechanisms.

Dietary restriction alters fine motor function in rats.

The unilateral 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson's disease revisited: an electromyographic and behavioural analysis.

Modulation of motor function by stress: a novel concept of the effects of stress and corticosterone on behavior.

Bilateral alteration in stepping pattern after unilateral motor cortex injury: a new test strategy for analysis of skilled limb movements in neurological mouse models.

Play fighting between kindling-prone (FAST) and kindling-resistant (SLOW) rats.

Sexually dimorphic postural adjustments during vertical behaviour are altered in a unilateral 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson's disease.

Sequential bilateral striatal lesions have additive effects on single skilled limb use in rats.

Differential effects on forelimb grasping behavior induced by fetal dopaminergic grafts in hemiparkinsonian rats.

Stress as a modulator of motor system function and pathology.

Rats with hippocampal lesion show impaired learning and memory in the ziggurat task: a new task to evaluate spatial behavior.

Delayed recovery and exaggerated infarct size by post-lesion stress in a rat model of focal cerebral stroke.

Stress accelerates neural degeneration and exaggerates motor symptoms in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

Sex differences in skilled movement in response to restraint stress and recovery from stress.

Walking pattern analysis after unilateral 6-OHDA lesion and transplantation of foetal dopaminergic progenitor cells in rats.

Predictable stress versus unpredictable stress: a comparison in a rodent model of stroke.

Stress and corticosterone enhance cognitive recovery from hippocampal stroke in rats.

The development of skilled walking in the rat.

Characterization of spatial performance in male and female Long-Evans rats by means of the Morris water task and the ziggurat task.

Synergistic effects of age and stress in a rodent model of stroke.

Analyzing the barriers and supports of knowledge translation using the PEO model.

Stress-induced glucocorticoid receptor activation determines functional recovery following ischemic stroke.

Translating knowledge to practice: an occupational therapy perspective.

Stress after hippocampal stroke enhances spatial performance in rats.

Chronic stress prior to hippocampal stroke enhances post-stroke spatial deficits in the ziggurat task.

Dose-dependent loss of motor function after unilateral medial forebrain bundle rotenone lesion in rats: a cautionary note.

Stress precipitates functional deficits following striatal silent stroke: a synergistic effect.

Identification of bilateral changes in TID1 expression in the 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson's disease.

Blockade of mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors reverses stress-induced motor impairments.

Genomic and Epigenomic Responses to Chronic Stress Involve miRNA-Mediated Programming.

Epigenetic programming of neurodegenerative diseases by an adverse environment.