Corticospinal tract transaction permanently abolishes H-reflex down-conditioning in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1705-1712

  Xiang, Yang Chen ^a,b   Chen, Yi ^a   Chen, Lu ^a   Tennissen, Ann M ^a   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; H reflex conditioning; Plasticity; Rat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HOFFMANN REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL REFLEX; ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751555581     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1705     Document Type: Article

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