Unilateral dorsal column and rubrospinal tract injuries affect overground locomotion in the unrestrained rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 412-422

  Webb, Aubrey A ^a,c   Muir, Gillian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dorsolateral funiculus; Ground reaction forces; Injury; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; REARING; RUBROSPINAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0043235662     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02768.x     Document Type: Article

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