Movement rehabilitation after spinal cord injuries: Emerging concepts and future directions

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Marsh, Barnaby C ^a   Astill, Sarah L ^a   Utley, Andrea ^a   Ichiyama, Ronaldo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti NogoA; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Spinal cord plasticity; Training

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; NOGO A ANTIBODY; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN NOGO A; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SEMAPHORIN;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS CELL; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT REHABILITATION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; MYELIN PROTEINS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 79951771216     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.07.011     Document Type: Review

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