Exposure to Pulsed Magnetic Fields Enhances Motor Recovery in Cats after Spinal Cord Injury

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Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 2660-2666

  Crowe, Maria J ^a,b   Sun, Zhong Ping ^a   Battocletti, Joseph H ^a,b   Macias, Melissa Y ^a,b   Pintar, Frank A ^a,b   Maiman, Dennis J ^a,b  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Feline; Locomotor recovery; Magnetic field stimulation; Spinal cord contusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODIFIED TARLOV SCALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WALKING;

EID: 0346120076     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000099385.46102.0D     Document Type: Article

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