Changes in forelimb-hindlimb coordination after partial spinal lesions of different extent in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 121-138

  Górska, Teresa ^a   Chojnicka Gittins, Barbara ^a   Majczyński, Henryk ^a   Zmysłowski, Wojciech ^b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adult rat; Forelimb hindlimb coordination; Overground locomotion; Partial spinal lesions; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INJURY SEVERITY; LOCOMOTION; LOCOMOTOR SPEED; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEP SEQUENCE PATTERN; STRIDE LENGTH; VENTRAL ROOT; WALKING;

ANIMALS; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84869862512     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.10.054     Document Type: Article

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