Spasticity in rats with sacral spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-84

  Bennett, D J ^a   Gorassini, M ^a   Fouad, K ^a   Sanelli, L ^a   Han, Y ^a   Cheng, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awake rat; Bladder; Spasticity; Tail

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER MUSCLE; FEMALE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0032941892     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1999.16.69     Document Type: Article

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