Lasting paraplegia caused by loss of lumbar spinal cord interneurons in rats: No direct correlation with motor neuron loss

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 93, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 266-275

  Hadi, B ^a   Zhang, Y P ^a   Burke, D A ^a   Shields, C B ^a   Magnuson, D S K ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Excitotoxicity; Kainic acid; Rat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0034433649     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2000.93.2.0266     Document Type: Article

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