Corticospinal reorganization after spinal cord injury

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3647-3663

  Oudega, Martin ^a,b   Perez, Monica A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84865640355     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.233189     Document Type: Review

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