Spontaneous recovery of hindlimb movement in completely spinal cord transected mice: A comparison of assessment methods and conditions

Spinal Cord

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 367-379

  Ung, R V ^a   Lapointe, N P ^a   Tremblay, C ^a   Larouche, A ^a   Guertin, P A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Hindlimb movement; Locomotion; Plasticity; Spinal transection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTRI ORSAL AND BARTHE SCORE; ARTICLE; AVERAGED COMBINED SCORE; BASSO BEATTIE AND BRESNAHAN SCORE; BASSO MOUSE SCORE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR FUNCTION SCORE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34247874606     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101970     Document Type: Article

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