Studies on the spastic rat: An adequate model for human spastic movement disorder?

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1039-1040

  Dietz, V ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE MODEL; LETTER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; RATS;

EID: 39149096273     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01262.2007     Document Type: Letter

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