Quantitative assessment of respiratory function following contusion injury of the cervical spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-152

  El Bohy, Ashraf A ^a   Schrimsher, Gregory W ^b   Reier, Paul J ^b   Goshgarian, Harry G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contusion; Electrophysiology; Phrenic nerve; Plasticity; Respiration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BREATHING MUSCLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0032031763     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6757     Document Type: Article

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