Chemical ablation of sensory afferents in the walking system of the cat abolishes the capacity for functional recovery after peripheral nerve lesions

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-60

  Pearson, K G ^a   Misiaszek, J E ^a   Hulliger, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Deafferentation; Motor learning; Nerve injury; Walking

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TENDON REFLEX; WALKING;

EID: 0038415770     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1445-1     Document Type: Article

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