Anatomical and functional effects of lateral cervical hemicontusion in adult rats.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings highlight a correlation between anatomical damage and functional outcome in a graded cervical hemi-contusion model, and support a loss of descending motor control from supraspinal inputs and intraspinal plasticity that promote spontaneous hindlimb functional recovery in this model. PMID: 27163248 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience - May 12, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Restor Neurol Neurosci Source Type: research