Motor deficits following dorsal corticospinal tract transection in rats: voluntary versus skilled locomotion readouts

Following spinal cord injury, severe deficits result from damages to ascending and descending tracts, such as the corticospinal tract (CST) which is highly relevant for the motor execution in humans. Unfortunately, no curative treatment is available and intensive efforts are deployed in animal model...

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Main Authors: Lara Bieler, Lukas Grassner, Pia Zaunmair, Christina Kreutzer, Lukas Lampe, Eugen Trinka, Julia Marschallinger, Ludwig Aigner, Sebastien Couillard-Despres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844017334667