Monkey models of recovery of voluntary hand movement after spinal cord and dorsal root injury

ILAR Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 396-410

  Darian Smith, Corinna ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord; Dexterity; Dorsal rhizotomy; Dorsal root lesion; Hand function; Monkey; Neuronal plasticity; Nonhuman primate; Precision grip; Sensorimotor function

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DORSAL ROOT; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MONKEY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; REINNERVATION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HAND; HOMINID; INJURY; MACACA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL ROOT;

PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAND; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MACACA; MOVEMENT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 36048956986     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.48.4.396     Document Type: Review

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