Transmission within several spinal pathways in adults with cerebral palsy

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1470-1483

  Achache, Valérie ^a,b   Roche, Nicolas ^a,c   Lamy, Jean Charles ^d   Boakye, Maxwell ^d   Lackmy, Alexandra ^a   Gastal, Antoine ^b   Quentin, Véronique ^b   Katz, Rose ^a,e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Hospital National de Saint Maurice   (France)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; H reflex; Human; Spasticity; Spinal networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL NERVE; STROKE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951902004     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq053     Document Type: Article

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