Rehabilitative training and plasticity following spinal cord injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-99

  Fouad, K ^a   Tetzlaff, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mechanisms; Plasticity; Recovery; Spinal cord injury; Training

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84859925190     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.02.009     Document Type: Review

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