Sprouting capacity of lumbar motoneurons in normal and hemisected spinal cords of the rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2745-2768

  Gordon, T ^a   Tyreman, N ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL LOSS; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL ROOT; ANIMAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79952110019     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.190389     Document Type: Article

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