Adult opossums (Didelphis virginiana) demonstrate near normal locomotion after spinal cord transection as neonates

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-69

  Wang, X M ^a   Basso, D M ^a   Terman, J R ^a   Bresnahan, J C ^a   Martin, G F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasticity; Raphespinal; Regeneration; Reticulospinal; Rubrospinal; Vestibulospina l

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032080263     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6795     Document Type: Article

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