Locomotor-related networks in the lumbosacral enlargement of the adult spinal cat: Activation through intraspinal microstimulation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-272

  Guevremont, Lisa ^a,b   Renzi, Costantino G ^b   Norton, Jonathan A ^a,b   Kowalczewski, Jan ^b   Saigal, Rajiv ^c   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator (CPG); Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Locomotion; Spinal cord injury (SCI)

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR (CPG); FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION (FES); LOCOMOTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY (SCI);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PHARMACOKINETICS;

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; IMPLANTATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33749637155     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2006.881592     Document Type: Article

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