Signatures of Covert Neuron Loss in the Local Field Potential of Motor Cortex

BACKGROUND: Covert stroke is understudied despite occurring 10 times for every symptomatic stroke and contributing to stroke's enormous global disease burden. For instance, does covert stroke replicate the neuroelectrophysiological spectrum impact of symptomatic stroke? We explored this by using our novel electrolytic lesioning platform to induce covert neuron loss.