Chau, Connie, Hugues Barbeau, and Serge Rossignol. Early locomotor training with
clonidine in spinal cats. J. Neurophysiol. 79: 392–409, 1998. Clonidine, a noradrenergic …

Several studies have shown that noradrenergic mechanisms are important for locomotion.
For instance, L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) can initiate “fictive” locomotion in …

Abstract 12 cats were spinalized at the 12th thoracal segment and subsequently tested on a
treadmill. Results show that the spinal cord can by itself give rise to locomotion of the …

The effects on the locomotor pattern of a noradrenergic agonist (clonidine) and an
antagonist (yohimbine) were studied in 3 adult chronic spinal cats walking on a treadmill. In …

After an acute low thoracic spinal transection (T13), cats can be made to walk with the
hindlimbs on a treadmill with clonidine, an α2-noradrenergic agonist. Because previous …

In one series of experiments, the effects of noradrenergic, serotonergic and dopaminergic
precursors and agonists on the initiation of locomotion were investigated within the first …

Treadmill training and clonidine, an α-2 noradrenergic agonist, have been shown to improve
locomotion after spinal cord injury. We speculate that transmission in load pathways, which …

In acute experiments performed in decerebrated and spinalized (T13) cats, an intraspinal
injection of clonidine, a noradrenergic agonist, restricted to mid-lumbar segments L3–L4 …

Pharmacological agents have been shown to be capable of inducing a pattern of rhythmic
activity recorded in muscle nerves or motoneurons of paralyzed spinal cats that closely …

Adult spinal cats were trained initially to perform either bipedal hindlimb locomotion on a
treadmill or full-weight-bearing hindlimb standing. After 12 wk of training, stepping ability …