Fetal transplants rescue axial muscle representations in M1 cortex of neonatally transected rats that develop weight support

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3021-3030

  Giszter, Simon F ^a   Kargo, William J ^a   Davies, Michelle ^a   Shibayama, Motohide ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FETUS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 0032432820     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.3021     Document Type: Article

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