Dorsolateral funiculus lesioning of the mouse cervical spinal cord at C4 but not at C6 results in sustained forelimb motor deficits

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1070-1083

  Hilton, Brett J ^a,b   Assinck, Peggy ^a,b   Duncan, Greg J ^a,b   Lu, Daniel ^b   Lo, Stephanie ^b   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

axonal regeneration; DLF; forepaw function; mice; RST

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATER FUNICULUS INJURY; FEMALE; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINE INJURY;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84879326881     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2734     Document Type: Article

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