Assessment of behavior in animal models of spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Kesslak, J Patrick ^a   Keirstead, Hans S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COORDINATION; LOCOMOTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; REFLEX; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0346217090     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2003.11753700     Document Type: Review

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