Activation of locomotion in adult chronic spinal rats is achieved by transplantation of embryonic raphe cells reinnervating a precise lumbar level

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 5144-5152

  Giménez Y Ribotta, Minerva ^a   Provencher, Jeanine ^b   Feraboli Lohnherr, Delphine ^c   Rossignol, Serge ^a   Privát, Alain ^b   Orsal, Didier ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

EMG; Kinematic analysis; Locomotion; Locomotor recovery; Spinal rat; Transplantation of embryonic neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; REINNERVATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TREADMILL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0034235758     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-13-05144.2000     Document Type: Article

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