Adaptive locomotor plasticity in chronic spinal cats after ankle extensors neurectomy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3531-3541

  Bouyer, Laurent J G ^a   Whelan, Patrick J ^b   Pearson, Keir G ^c   Rossignol, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Functional plasticity; Locomotion; Neurectomy; Reflex; Spinal cats

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX;

EID: 0035873109     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-10-03531.2001     Document Type: Article

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