Activity-dependent plasticity of spinal locomotion: Implications for sensory processing

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 171-178

  Edgerton, V Reggie ^a,b   Roy, Roland R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural stimulation; Locomotor training; Pharmacological interventions; Rehabilitation; Sensorimotor plasticity; Spinal learning

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; QUIPAZINE; SYNAPSIN I;

CONVALESCENCE; COORDINATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEG; LOCOMOTION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREADMILL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; INTERNEURONS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70349653078     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3181b7b932     Document Type: Review

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