Synergistic Effects of Enriched Environment and Task-Specific Reach Training on Poststroke Recovery of Motor Function

Background and Purpose— Reach training in concert with environmental enrichment provides functional benefits after experimental stroke in rats. The present study extended these findings by assessing whether intensive task-specific reach training or enrichment initiated alone would provide similar functional benefit. Additionally, we investigated whether the 70% recovery rule, or a combined model of initial poststroke impairment, cortical infarct...