| Literature DB >> 8874885 |
R D Skinner1, J D Houle, N B Reese, C L Berry, E Garcia-Rill.
Abstract
This study investigated the modulation of hindlimb reflex excitability after transection of the spinal cord in adult rats. After transection, the H-reflex exhibited decreased depression at high stimulation frequencies compared to intact animals. Groups of animals which received a spinal cord transection followed by either an exercise regimen for the hindlimbs or a fetal spinal cord implant, showed high stimulation frequency depression similar to controls. This suggests that each of these palliative strategies helped to "normalize' the excitability of specific spinal reflexes.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8874885
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252