Code
01D41113
Duration
01 October 2013 → 30 September 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
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Social sciences
- Biological and physiological psychology
- Cognitive science and intelligent systems
- Developmental psychology and ageing
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Medical and health sciences
- Gerontology and geriatrics
- Neurosciences
- Gerontology and geriatrics
- Neurosciences
- Nursing
- Gerontology and geriatrics
- Neurosciences
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
- Other veterinary sciences
- Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Keywords
Rattus norvegicus
gerontology
rat
hind leg paralysis
neuropathie
Project description
In ageing rats, there is a high incidence of spontaneous peripheral neuropathy, resulting in hind limb paresis, evolving to complete hind limb
paralysis. Lesions developing in the rats’ peripheral nervous system will be followed up
in vivo, using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and electrophysiological examination. Thereafter, early pathobiology of the disorder will be studied more in depth.