Complete locomotor recovery following corticospinal tract lesions: Measurement of ground reaction forces during overground locomotion in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-53

  Muir, Gillian D ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait; Ground reaction forces; Locomotion; Pyramidal tract lesion; Rat; Unilateral

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; INFLAMMATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; LOCOMOTION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0032880887     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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