Dual spinal lesion paradigm in the cat: Evolution of the kinematic locomotor pattern

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1119-1133

  Barrière, Grégory ^a,b,c   Frigon, Alain ^a   Leblond, Hugues ^a   Provencher, Janyne ^a   Rossignol, Serge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 77955932234     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00255.2010     Document Type: Article

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