Muscle plasticity in rat following spinal transection and chronic intraspinal microstimulation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-83

  Bamford, Jeremy A ^a,b   Putman, Charles T ^c   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre for Neuroscience   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation (FES); muscle plasticity; spinal motoneurons

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GREY MATTERS; MICROSTIMULATION; MOTOR UNIT; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORDS; SPINAL MOTONEURONS;

ANIMALS; EMPLOYMENT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; PLASTICITY;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79951653184     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2052832     Document Type: Article

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