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Morphofunctional basis for recovery of locomotor movements in rats with completely crossed spinal cord

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Treadmill training of spinalized rats creates conditions for early appearance of rhythmic locomotor movements of the hind limbs. Recovery of the movements was paralleled by an appropriate structural organization of neurons in the anterior horns of the distal compartment of the spinal cord.

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  1. Laboratory of Motor Physiology, I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, USSR

    T. R. Moshonkina, E. G. Gilerovich, E. A. Fedorova, V. D. Avelev, Yu. P. Gerasimenko & V. A. Otellin

  2. Department of Morphology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg

    E. G. Gilerovich, E. A. Fedorova & V. A. Otellin

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Translated fromByulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 138, No. 8, pp. 225–229, August, 2004

The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant No. 03-04-48307-a) and the Russian Foundation for Humanities (grant No. 03-06-00315).

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Moshonkina, T.R., Gilerovich, E.G., Fedorova, E.A. et al. Morphofunctional basis for recovery of locomotor movements in rats with completely crossed spinal cord. Bull Exp Biol Med 138, 198–201 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02694375

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