Step training-dependent plasticity in spinal cutaneous pathways

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 50, 2004, Pages 11317-11327

  Côté, Marie Pascale ^a   Gossard, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutaneous reflex pathways; Locomotion; Motor control; Plasticity; Spinal; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CATS; CLONIDINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 10644245158     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1486-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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