Getting the spinal cord to think for itself

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 805-808

  Kalb, Robert G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BENZOCAINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLONIDINE; CYPROHEPTADINE; DANTROLENE; DIAZEPAM; GLYCINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PROGABIDE; PROPRANOLOL; THREONINE; TIZANIDINE;

ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; TRAINING; WALKING;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; CATS; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 0038797064     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.6.805     Document Type: Review

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