Rat substrains differ in the magnitude of spontaneous locomotor recovery and in the development of mechanical hypersensitivity after experimental spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1805-1811

  Kjell, Jacob ^a   Sandor, Katalin ^a   Josephson, Anna ^a   Svensson, Camilla I ^a   Abrams, Mathew B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

locomotor function; sensory function; spinal cord injury; strain; substrain

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CONVALESCENCE; COORDINATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HINDLIMB; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RATING SCALE; RESIDUAL URINE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VERTEBRA; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84885964636     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.2998     Document Type: Article

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