Adaptive changes in the injured spinal cord and their role in promoting functional recovery

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-27

  Fouad, Karim ^a   Tse, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Plasticity; Recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PROTEIN NOGO A; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

AXONAL INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 44449105550     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X251781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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