Plasticity of connections underlying locomotor recovery after central and/or peripheral lesions in the adult mammals

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1473, 2006, Pages 1647-1671

  Rossignol, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Pharmacology; Plasticity; Reflexes; Spinal sections; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; INJURY; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLASTICITY; REGENERATION; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749016031     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1889     Document Type: Review

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