Exercise paradigms to study brain injury recovery in rodents

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 452-465

  Arida, Ricardo Mario ^a,b   Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre ^a   Da Silva, Sérgio Gomes ^a   Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo ^b   Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão ^a  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal Model; Brain; Exercise; Neurodegenerative Disease; Physical Activity; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955802036     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3182063a9c     Document Type: Review

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