Effects of cathodal trans-spinal direct current stimulation on mouse spinal network and complex multijoint movements

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 37, 2013, Pages 14949-14957

  Ahmed, Zaghloul ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; JOINT FUNCTION; LAMINECTOMY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; MALE; MICE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; PICROTOXIN; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 84883677205     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2793-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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