Permanent reorganization of Ia afferent synapses on motoneurons after peripheral nerve injuries

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1198, Issue , 2010, Pages 231-241

  Alvarez, Francisco J ^a   Bullinger, Katie L ^a   Titus, Haley E ^a   Nardelli, Paul ^a   Cope, Timothy C ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; motor control; plasticity; spinal cord; stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ATAXIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REINNERVATION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; INJURY; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; DENDRITES; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 77954600557     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05459.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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