Semiquantitative assessment of hindlimb movement recovery without intervention in adult paraplegic mice

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-166

  Guertin, P A ^a,b  

^a Hosp Res Ctr of Laval University   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HINDLIMB; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICE; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 15944369310     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101701     Document Type: Article

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