Complete reorganization of the motor cortex of adult rats following long-term spinal cord injuries

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2271-2279

  Tandon, Shashank ^a   Kambi, Niranjan ^a   Mohammed, Hisham ^a   Jain, Neeraj ^a  

^a NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Dorsal columns; Intracortical microstimulation; Plasticity; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; JAW MOVEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; TONGUE;

DORSAL COLUMNS; INTRACORTICAL MICROSTIMULATION; PLASTICITY; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84880330351     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12218     Document Type: Article

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