New technique for drug application to the spinal cord of walking mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-47

  Akay, Turgay ^a   Fouad, Karim ^a   Pearson, Keir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Drug application; Mice; Spinal cord; Strychnine; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; WALKING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BUPRENORPHINE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLYCINE AGENTS; HINDLIMB; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; MICE; OINTMENT BASES; PETROLATUM; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; WALKING;

EID: 42749084724     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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