Reaching and Grasping Training Improves Functional Recovery After Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.
RatSpinal cord injuryContusionNude ratNot applicable, behavioural trainingTraining 5 days per weekStarted 8 weeks post-injury
Model: Moderate C5 unilateral cervical contusion spinal cord injury, treated at the chronic stage
Rehabilitation increased pellets taken at 13 and 14 weeks post-injury and accuracy from 12 to 14 weeks, and increased serotonergic fibres, presynaptic terminals and reduced GFAP astrogliosis caudal to the lesion, but did not change grooming scores or horizontal ladder misstep rates at any time poin…
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