Sciatic nerve transection in the adult rat: Abnormal EMG patterns during locomotion by aberrant innervation of hindleg muscles

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 183-193

  Gramsbergen, A ^a   Ijkema Paassen, J ^a   Meek, M F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EMG; Locomotion; Nerve transection; Rat; Retrograde labeling; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0034008512     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7233     Document Type: Article

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