Behavioral Testing after Spinal Cord Injury: Congruities, Complexities, and Controversies

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-404

  Basso, D Michele ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BBB; Locomotion; Mice; Recovery of function; Reflexes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; MICE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 1942425492     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089771504323004548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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