A new extra-vertebral treatment model for incomplete spinal cord injuries

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-177

  Krishnan, R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Colchicines; Incomplete quadriplegia; Labile state; Regeneration; Spinal cord repair

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COLCHICINE;

LOCOMOTION; MODEL; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPSE;

ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CALCIUM; COLCHICINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037292865     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390162010     Document Type: Review

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