Plasticity of lumbosacral monosynaptic reflexes after a ventral root transection injury in the adult cat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-114

  Havton, Leif A ^a   Kellerth, Jan Olof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Electrophysiology; Motoneuron; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CATS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 1542315316     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1802-0     Document Type: Article

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