The effects of intraspinal microstimulation on spinal cord tissue in the rat

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5552-5563

  Bamford, Jeremy A ^a   Todd, Kathryn G ^a   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic implantation; Chronic stimulation; Electrical stimulation; Immunohistochemistry; Microwire; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC IMPLANTATION; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROWIRE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

DOSIMETRY; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORCE; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD;

RATTUS;

EID: 77953020728     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.03.051     Document Type: Article

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