A robotic system for quantitative assessment and poststroke training of forelimb retraction in mice

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-196

  Spalletti, Cristina ^a,b   Lai, Stefano ^b   Mainardi, Marco ^a   Panarese, Alessandro ^b   Ghionzoli, Alessio ^b   Alia, Claudia ^a,c   Gianfranceschi, Laura ^a   Chisari, Carmelo ^d   Micera, Silvestro ^b,e   Caleo, Matteo ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

forelimb flexor performance; mouse motor cortex; robot mediated rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FORCE; FORELIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FORELIMB FLEXOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE MOTOR CORTEX; ROBOT-MEDIATED REHABILITATION; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84892714906     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313506520     Document Type: Article

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