Cortical and subcortical compensatory mechanisms after spinal cord injury in monkeys

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-161

  Nishimura, Yukio ^a,b,c   Isa, Tadashi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; GAP 43; Hand; Injury; Monkey; Positron emission tomography; Precision grip; Propriospinal neurons; Recovery

Indexed keywords

NEUROMODULIN;

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DAMAGE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FINGER; FORELIMB; GAMMA BAND OSCILLATORY NETWORK; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLORHINI; LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRECISION GRIP; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HAPLORHINI; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84859889686     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.08.013     Document Type: Review

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