New assessment techniques for evaluation of posttraumatic spinal cord function in the rat

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 741-754

  Van De Meent, Hendrik ^a   Hamers, Frank P T ^a   Lankhorst, Alex J ^a   Buise, Marc P ^a   Joosten, Egbert A J ^b   Gispen, Willem H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UMCenter Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

evoked potentials; functional assessment; rat; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTION TEST; HEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD POTENTIAL; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0030471784     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1996.13.741     Document Type: Article

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