Basso mouse scale for locomotion detects differences in recovery after spinal cord injury in five common mouse strains

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 635-659

  Basso, D Michele ^a   Fisher, Lesley C ^a   Anderson, Aileen J ^b   Jakeman, Lyn B ^a   McTigue, Dana M ^a   Popovich, Phillip G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BBB; Contusion; Functional recovery; Psychometrics; Strain differences; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEREDITY; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VALIDITY;

EID: 33645983692     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.635     Document Type: Article

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