Neurologic assessment of somatosensory dysfunction following an experimental rodent model of cerebral ischemia

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2345-2347

  Komotar, Ricardo J ^a   Kim, Grace H ^a   Sughrue, Michael E ^a   Otten, Marc L ^a   Rynkowski, Michal A ^a   Kellner, Christopher P ^a   Hahn, David K ^a   Merkow, Maxwell B ^a   Garrett, Matthew C ^a   Starke, Robert M ^a   Connolly, E Sander ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODEL; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 38449093844     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.359     Document Type: Article

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