Development of GABA-sensitive spasticity and rigidity in rats after transient spinal cord ischemia: A qualitative and quantitative electrophysiological and histopathological study

Neuroscience

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1569-1583

  Kakinohana, O ^a   Hefferan, M P ^a   Nakamura, S ^b   Kakinohana, M ^b   Galik, J ^c   Tomori, Z ^d   Marsala, J ^c   Yaksh, T L ^a   Marsala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

GABA interneurons; motor evoked potentials; paraplegia; rigidity; spasticity; spinal ischemia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BACLOFEN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NIPECOTIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REFLEX; RHIZOTOMY; RIGIDITY; SENSORY NERVE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; H-REFLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 33746404162     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.04.083     Document Type: Article

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