Impact of acute inflammation on spinal motoneuron synaptic plasticity following ventral root avulsion

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ventral root avulsion is a proximal nerve root lesion in which ventral motor nerve rootlets are torn from surface of the spinal cord, resulting in extensive death of motoneurons. It has been previously shown that if such lesioning is...

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Main Authors: Oliveira Alexandre LR, Barbizan Roberta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:Journal of Neuroinflammation
Online Access:http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/7/1/29