Effects of treadmill training on functional recovery following peripheral nerve injury in rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2645-2657

  Boeltz, Tiffany ^a   Ireland, Meredith ^a   Mathis, Kristin ^a   Nicolini, Jennifer ^a   Poplavski, Karen ^a   Rose, Samuel J ^a   Wilson, Erin ^a   English, Arthur W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Exercise; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ANIMAL; EXERCISE; INNERVATION; LEWIS RAT; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WALKING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 84878650458     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00946.2012     Document Type: Article

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