Rolipram promotes functional recovery after contusive thoracic spinal cord injury in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-73

  Costa, Luís M ^a   Pereira, José E ^a   Filipe, Vítor M ^a   Magalhães, Luís G ^b,c   Couto, Pedro A ^d   Gonzalo Orden, José M ^e   Raimondo, Stefania ^f   Geuna, Stefano ^f   Maurício, Ana C ^g   Nikulina, Elena ^h   Filbin, Marie T ^h   Varejão, Artur S P ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^h CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

3D gait analysis; Kinematics; Rat; Rolipram; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ROLIPRAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; KINEMATICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 4 INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROLIPRAM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872734088     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.12.056     Document Type: Article

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