Motor control in the human spinal cord and the repair of cord function

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1429-1439

  Kern, H ^a,c   McKay, W B ^b   Dimitrijevic, M M ^b   Dimitrijevic, M R ^b,d  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Electrical Stimulation and Physical Rehabilitation   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Neuroplasticity; Neurorehabilitation; Reflex; Spinal cord injury; Surface electromygraphy

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; MORPHINE SULFATE;

BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 17844405028     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612053507882     Document Type: Review

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