Neurophysiological evidence of spared upper motor neurons after spinal cord injury

Paraplegia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-45

  Haghighi, S S ^a   York, D H ^c   Spollen, L ^b   Oro, J J ^a   Perez Espejo, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c St John's Mercy Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle action potential; Spinal cord injury; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 28144446541     PISSN: 00311758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.7     Document Type: Article

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