Performance of a repetitive task by aged rats leads to median neuropathy and spinal cord inflammation with associated sensorimotor declines

Neuroscience

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 929-941

  Elliott, M B ^a   Barr, A E ^b   Clark, B D ^c   Wade, C K ^d   Barbe, M F ^e  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Neuritis; Neuropathy; Repetitive task; Sensorimotor; Work related musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; GRIP STRENGTH; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYELITIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYELITIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 78651344425     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.07.041     Document Type: Article

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