Recovery of locomotion after spinal cord hemisection: An X-ray study of the cat hindlimb

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-224

  Kuhtz Buschbeck, J P ^a   Boczek Funcke, A ^a   Mautes, A ^b   Nacimiento, W ^c   Weinhardt, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION;

EID: 0029940783     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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