A combined scoring method to assess behavioral recovery after mouse spinal cord injury

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-125

  Pajoohesh Ganji, Ahdeah ^a   Byrnes, Kimberly R ^a   Fatemi, Gita ^a   Faden, Alan I ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral testing; BMS; Grid walk; Ladder climb; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAND STRENGTH; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952789028     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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