Gait impairment in a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia

Stroke Research and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Parkkinen, Saara ^a   Ortega, Francisco J ^a   Kuptsova, Kristina ^a   Huttunen, Joanna ^a   Tarkka, Ina ^b   Jolkkonen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84875618196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20420056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/410972     Document Type: Article

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