Browsing by Subject "spinal cord"
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(2019-04-23)In treating spinal cord injury (SCI), it is important to identify agents that could diminish the inflammatory response that follows primary injury. Human and rodent SCI research shows an increase in neutrophils following ...
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(2009-06-09)Previous research has shown that even when communication between the brain and spinal cord has been eliminated, rats can learn a simple instrumental response. If rats receive shock to one hindlimb when it is extended ...
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(2009-05-15)A substantial body of work exists to suggest that brain and spinal mechanisms react differently to nociceptive information. The current experiments were design to identify parallels and differences in the way the spinal ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Spinal cord neurons can support a simple form of instrumental learning that can be used to assess behavioral potential (plasticity) within this system. In this paradigm, subjects completely transected at the second thoracic ...
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(2012-02-14)Previous work has shown that the spinal cord is capable of supporting a simple form of instrumental learning. Subjects that receive controllable shock to an extended hind limb will increase the duration of limb flexion ...