Do electrically stimulated sensory inputs and movements lead to long-term plasticity and rehabilitation gains?

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 685-691

  Dobkin, Bruce H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542366393     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200312000-00007     Document Type: Review

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