Kinematic and electromyographic tools for characterizing movement disorders in mice

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-274

  Scholle, Hans C ^a   Jinnah, H A ^b   Arnold, Dirk ^a   Biedermann, Frank H W ^a   Faenger, Bernd ^a   Grassme, Roland ^a,d   Hess, Ellen J ^c   Schumann, Nikolaus P ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Berufsgenossenschaft Nahrungsmittel und Gaststatten   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal models; Ataxia; Dystonia; Electromyography; Video kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BICEPS FEMORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAROXYSMAL DYSTONIA; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77649092938     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22933     Document Type: Article

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