Therapeutic intraspinal microstimulation improves forelimb function after cervical contusion injury

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kasten, M R ^a   Sunshine, M D ^a   Secrist, E S ^a   Horner, P J ^a,b   Moritz, C T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL TESTS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; INTRASPINAL MICROSTIMULATION; REACHING MOVEMENTS; STIMULATING ELECTRODES; THRESHOLD CURRENTS; TREATMENT CONDITIONS;

ELECTRODES;

ANIMALS;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FORELIMB; INTRASPINAL MICROSTIMULATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883162023     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/10/4/044001     Document Type: Article

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