Operant conditioning of H-reflex in spinal cord-injured rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 755-766

  Chen, Xiang Yang ^a,c   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a   Jakeman, Lyn B ^b   Stokes, Bradford T ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

H reflex; operant conditioning; plasticity; rat; soleus muscle; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0343159422     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1996.13.755     Document Type: Article

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