Fetal transplants alter the development of function after spinal cord transection in newborn rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4856-4872

  Miya, Dorene ^a   Giszter, Simon ^a   Mori, Futoshi ^b   Adipudi, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Tessler, Alan ^c   Murray, Marion ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c VISN 4 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal transplants; Overground locomotion; Recovery of function; Reflex locomotion; Spinal transection; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; LOCOMOTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREADMILL;

EID: 0030919912     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-12-04856.1997     Document Type: Article

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