Differential motor and electrophysiological outcome in rats with mid-thoracic or high lumbar incomplete spinal cord injuries

Brain Research

Volumn 1108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 195-204

  García Alías, Guillermo ^a   Valero Cabré, Antoni ^b   López Vales, Rubén ^a   Forés, Joaquim ^a,c   Verdú, Enrique ^a   Navarro, Xavier ^a  

^a Physiology and Immunology   (Spain)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Motoneuron; Motor evoked potential; Nerve conduction; Spinal cord injury; Spinal reflexes

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX INJURY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARALYSIS; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33747784580     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.06.029     Document Type: Article

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