A new rating scale for open-field evaluation of behavioral recovery after cervical spinal cord injury in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1043-1053

  Martinez, Marina ^a   Brezun, Jean Michel ^a   Bonnier, Loïc ^a   Xerri, Christian ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioral assessment; Locomotion scaling; Recovery; Traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; RATING SCALE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CERVICAL SPINE; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 69249089295     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0717     Document Type: Article

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