Amphetamine-enhanced motor training after cervical contusion injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 971-989

  Krisa, Laura ^a   Frederick, Kelly L ^a,b   Canver, John C ^a   Stackhouse, Scott K ^b   Shumsky, Jed S ^a   Murray, Marion ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amphetamine; cervical spinal cord injury; enriched environmental housing; motor training; skilled reaching

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CERVICAL CONTUSION INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FORELIMB; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PLASTICITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84858389161     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1767     Document Type: Article

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