Recovery of bimodal locomotion in the spinal-transected salamander, Pleurodeles waltlii

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1995-2007

  Chevallier, Stéphanie ^a   Landry, Marc ^a   Nagy, Frédéric ^a   Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Locomotor recovery; Regeneration; Spinal salamander; Stepping; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LEG MOVEMENT; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PLEURODELES WALTLII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SALAMANDER; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; PLEURODELES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 4944256322     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03671.x     Document Type: Article

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