A dual spinal cord lesion paradigm to study spinal locomotor plasticity in the cat

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1279, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-134

  Martinez, Marina ^a   Rossignol, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Locomotion; Plasticity; Spinal cord injury; Training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CAT; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT; WALKING;

EID: 84875599911     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06823.x     Document Type: Article

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