Recovery of locomotion in the cat following spinal cord lesions

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 257-266

  Rossignol, S ^a   Bouyer, L ^a   Barthelemy D ^a   Langlet, C ^a   Leblond, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Midlumbar segments; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CAT; CONVALESCENCE; DENERVATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD LESION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DENERVATION; FOOT; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0036825165     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(02)00208-4     Document Type: Review

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