The cat model of spinal injury

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2002, Pages 151-168

  Rossignol, Serge ^a   Chau, C ^a   Giroux, N ^a   Brustein, E ^a   Bouyer, L ^a   Marcoux, J ^a   Langlet, C ^a   Barthelemy D ^a   Provencher, J ^a   Leblond, H ^a   Barbeau, H ^a   Reader, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; BUPRENORPHINE; CLONIDINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; IDAZOXAN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HINDLIMB; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; TREADMILL;

EID: 18744398710     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(02)37014-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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