Effect of robotic-assisted treadmill training and chronic quipazine treatment on hindlimb stepping in spinally transected rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1147-1163

  De Leon, Ray D ^a   Acosta, Cynthia N ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quipazine; Robotics; Spinal cord; Transection; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

QUIPAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HISTOGRAM; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; ROBOTICS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; QUIPAZINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 33746666526     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1147     Document Type: Article

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