A method for unit recording in the lumbar spinal cord during locomotion of the conscious adult rat

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-54

  Berg, Rune W ^a   Chen, Ming Teh ^d,e   Huang, Hsueh Chen ^c   Hsiao, Min Chi ^b   Cheng, Henrich ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c Neurological Institute   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic implant; Cord; CPG; EMG; In vivo; Locomotion; Lumbar; Microelectrodes; Pattern; Rat; Spike; Spinal; Units

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MICROELECTRODE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 67650503884     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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