Spinal cord implantation of avulsed ventral roots in primates; Correlation between restored motor function and morphology

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 304-310

  Hallin, R G ^a,d   Carlstedt, T ^b   Nilsson Remahl, I ^c   Risling, M ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CNS PNS regeneration; Motor neuron; Reinnervation pattern; Root avulsion; Root implantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; IMPLANTATION; INNERVATION; LEPTOMENINX; MACACA; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PIA MATER; PLASTICITY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0033003105     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050627     Document Type: Article

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