Recovery of food-taking in cats after lesions of the corticospinal (complete) and rubrospinal (complete and incomplete) tracts

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-112

  Pettersson, L G ^a   Blagovechtchenski, E ^b   Perfiliev, S ^a   Krasnochokova, E ^b   Lundberg, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cats; Complete corticospinal; Complete or incomplete rubrospinal; Food taking; Recovery; Transection dorsal C5

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; HAND MOVEMENT; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

ANIMAL; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; MOVEMENT; NECK; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034282264     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(00)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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