Spinal cord injury: Inductive lability can enhance and hasten recovery

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 761-775

  Krishnan, R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Delayed recovery; Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Inductive lability; Neural networks; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury (SCI)

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COLCHICINE;

BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038155271     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390200918     Document Type: Review

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