Thoracic 9 Spinal Transection-Induced Model of Muscle Spasticity in the Rat: A Systematic Electrophysiological and Histopathological Characterization.

The development of spinal hyper-reflexia as part of the spasticity syndrome represents one of the major complications associated with chronic spinal traumatic injury (SCI). The primary mechanism leading to progressive appearance of muscle spasticity is multimodal and may include loss of descending i...

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Main Authors: Jose A Corleto, Mariana Bravo-Hernández, Kota Kamizato, Osamu Kakinohana, Camila Santucci, Michael R Navarro, Oleksandr Platoshyn, Dasa Cizkova, Nadezda Lukacova, Julian Taylor, Martin Marsala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4705098?pdf=render