Extensive respiratory plasticity after cervical spinal cord injury in rats: Axonal sprouting and rerouting of ventrolateral bulbospinal pathways

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-102

  Darlot, Fannie ^a,b   Cayetanot, Florence ^a,b   Gauthier, Patrick ^a,b   Matarazzo, Valéry ^a,b   Kastner, Anne ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b University of Mediterranée   (France)

Author keywords

Neuroplasticity; Reorganization; Respiratory nervous system; Rewiring; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL LOSS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; GRAY MATTER; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GROWTH CONES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84861706118     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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