Changes in sensory-evoked synaptic activation of motoneurons after spinal cord injury in man

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1478-1491

  Norton, Jonathan A ^a   Bennett, David J ^a   Knash, Michael E ^a   Murray, Katie C ^a   Gorassini, Monica A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor unit; Reflexes; Sensory processing; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 44949123557     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn050     Document Type: Article

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