Locomotor recovery after thoracic spinal cord lesions in cats, rats and humans

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-257

  Majczyński, Henryk ^a   Sławińska, Urszula ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cat; Central pattern generator; Human; Rat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMPRESSION; CONTUSION; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WALKING;

ANIMALS; CATS; HUMANS; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 37349002714     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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