Chasing central nervous system plasticity: The brainstem's contribution to locomotor recovery in rats with spinal cord injury

Brain

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1716-1732

  Zörner, Björn ^a   Bachmann, Lukas C ^b   Filli, Linard ^a   Kapitza, Sandra ^a   Gullo, Miriam ^b   Bolliger, Marc ^c   Starkey, Michelle L ^c   Röthlisberger, Martina ^b   Gonzenbach, Roman R ^a   Schwab, Martin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

brainstem; functional recovery; plasticity; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VESTIBULOSPINAL TRACT;

BRAINSTEM; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; PLASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84901472549     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu078     Document Type: Article

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