The splay angle: A new measure for assessing neuromuscular dysfunction in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 819-821

  Powell, E ^a   Anch, A M ^a   Dyche, J ^a   Bloom, C ^a   Richter, R R ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Locomotor activity; Myelin deficiency; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032760280     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00127-4     Document Type: Article

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