The beneficial effects of treadmill step training on activity-dependent synaptic and cellular plasticity markers after complete spinal cord injury

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1046-1055

  Ilha, Jocemar ^a   Centenaro, Lígia A ^a   Broetto Cunha, Núbia ^a   De Souza, Daniela F ^a   Jaeger, Mariane ^a   Do Nascimento, Patrícia S ^a   Kolling, Janaína ^a   Ben, Juliana ^a   Marcuzzo, Simone ^a   Wyse, Angela T S ^a   Gottfried, Carmem ^a   Achaval, Matilde ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Motoneuronal soma size; Na+, K+ ATPase; Neurological disorder; Spinal cord injury; Synaptic plasticity; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HINDLIMB; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPSES; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79955681480     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-011-0446-x     Document Type: Article

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