Interlimb reflexes and synaptic plasticity become evident months after human spinal cord injury

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1150-1161

  Calancie, Blair ^a,b   Molano, Maria R ^a   Broton, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Human; Plasticity; Reflex; Regenerative sprouting; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENERVATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0036238578     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf114     Document Type: Article

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