Tail nerve electrical stimulation induces body weight-supported stepping in rats with spinal cord injury

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-189

  Zhang, Shu xin ^a   Huang, Fengfa ^a   Gates, Mary ^a   White, Jason ^a   Holmberg, Eric G ^a,b  

^a Spinal Cord Society Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Functional electrical stimulation; Physical therapy; Rat; Spinal cord injury; Tail nerves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; COORDINATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATTERN GENERATOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; INSTINCT; LOCOMOTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TAIL;

EID: 77249114658     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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