Development of a multi-electrode array for spinal cord epidural stimulation to facilitate stepping and standing after a complete spinal cord injury in adult rats

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gad, Parag ^a   Choe, Jaehoon ^a   Nandra, Mandheerej Singh ^c   Zhong, Hui ^a   Roy, Roland R ^a   Tai, Yu Chong ^c,d   Edgerton, V Reggie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural stimulation; Motor recovery; Spinal cord electrode array; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EPIDURAL SPACE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD; HINDLIMB; IMPEDANCE; INNERVATION; LOCOMOTION; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDURAL SPACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872408540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-10-2     Document Type: Article

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