Erythropoietin effect on sensorimotor recovery after contusive spinal cord injury: An electrophysiological study in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 219, Issue , 2012, Pages 290-301

  Cerri, G ^a,b   Montagna, M ^a   Madaschi, L ^c   Merli, D ^c   Borroni, P ^c   Baldissera, F ^a   Gorio, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

BBB scale; Erythropoietin; Locomotor pathway; Motor evoked potential; Sensory evoked potential; Spinal cord injury (SCI)

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASSO BEATTIE BRESNAHAN SCALE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTUSION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MYELINATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATING SCALE; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CONTUSIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERYTHROPOIETIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84863990954     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.05.041     Document Type: Article

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