Mini-Review: Assessment of behavioural recovery following spinal cord injury in rats

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dc.contributor.authorMuir, Gillian Deng
dc.contributor.authorWebb, Aubrey Aeng
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-21T21:30:50Z
dc.date.available2008-08-21T21:30:50Z
dc.date.issued2000-09
dc.description.abstractBehavioural recovery is one of the primary goals of therapeutic intervention in animal models of disease. It is necessary, therefore, to have the means with which to quantify pertinent behavioural changes in experimental animals. Nevertheless, the number and diversity of behavioural measures which have been used to assess recovery after experimental interventions often makes it difficult to compare results between studies. The present review attempts to integrate and categorize the wide variety of behavioural assessments used to measure recovery in spinal-injured rats. These categories include endpoint measures, kinematic measures, kinetic measurements, and electrophysiological measurements. Within this categorization, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each type of measurement. Finally, we make some recommendations regarding the principles for a comprehensive behavioural analysis after experimental spinal cord injury in rats.eng
dc.description.notesThe definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com
dc.description.refereedYeseng
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Neuroscience 2000 12:3079-3086eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/35626
dc.identifier.issn0953-816X z
dc.identifier.issn1460-9568
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/46767
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBlackwelleng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyVeterinary Medicineeng
dc.publisher.urlhttp://www.blackwellpublishing.comeng
dc.subjectelectrophysiologyeng
dc.subjectrodenteng
dc.subject.otherkineticeng
dc.subject.otherreflexeng
dc.titleMini-Review: Assessment of behavioural recovery following spinal cord injury in ratseng
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplineComparative Biology and Experimental Medicineeng
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