Locomotor deficits and adaptive mechanisms after thoracic spinal cord contusion in the adult rat

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Collazos Castro, Jorge E ^a,b,c   López Dolado, Elisa ^a,b   Nieto Sampedro, Manuel ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contusion; Kinematics; Locomotion; Rat; Retrograde tracing; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CONVALESCENCE; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; HINDLIMB; HIP; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD CONTUSION; WALKING; WHITE MATTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BIOMECHANICS; DENERVATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FORELIMB; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HINDLIMB; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 31944431787     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1     Document Type: Article

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