Role of spared pathways in locomotor recovery after body-weight-supported treadmill training in contused rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2405-2416

  Singh, Anita ^a   Balasubramanian, Sriram ^b   Murray, Marion ^a   Lemay, Michel ^a   Houle, John ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body weight supported treadmill training; contusion; monosynaptic reflex

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTED TREADMILL TRAINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX; TREADMILL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTUSIONS; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 83455201127     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1660     Document Type: Article

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