Efficient testing of motor function in spinal cord injured rats

Brain Research

Volumn 883, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-177

  Metz, Gerlinde A S ^a,c   Merkler, Doron ^a   Dietz, Volker ^b   Schwab, Martin E ^a   Fouad, Karim ^a  

^a University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combined motor score; Motor deficit; Testing strategy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0034680980     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02778-5     Document Type: Article

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