Motor unit number estimation may be a useful method to evaluate motor function recovery after spinal cord transection in rats

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 363-366

  Xiong, G X ^a   Guan, Y ^b   Hong, Y ^a   Zhang, J W ^a   Guan, H ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor function recovery; MUNE; Quantitative evaluation; Rat; Transection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PARAPARESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 77952237838     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.141     Document Type: Article

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