Motoneuron loss associated with chronic locomotion impairments after spinal cord contusion in the rat

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 544-558

  Collazos Castro, Jorge E ^a,b,c   Soto, Víctor M ^d   Gutiérrez Dávila, Marcos ^d   Nieto Sampedro, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b Unidad Asociada al CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervical contusion; Locomotion; Lumbar contusion; Motoneuron death; Rat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

STILBAMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DEATH; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FORELIMB; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HINDLIMB; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARALYSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 19444365374     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2005.22.544     Document Type: Article

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