Preliminary Morphological Evidence That Vertebral Hypomobility Induces Synaptic Plasticity in the Spinal Cord

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 336-342

  Bakkum, Barclay W ^a   Henderson, Charles N R ^b   Hong, Se Pyo ^b   Cramer, Gregory D ^c  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b PALMER CENTER FOR CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c National University of Health Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Dorsal Horn Neurons; Neuronal Plasticity; Synapse; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; IMMOBILIZATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINE HYPOMOBILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; STEREOMETRY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 34250218206     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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