Motor recovery after spinal cord injury enhanced by strengthening corticospinal synaptic transmission

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 2355-2361

  Bunday, Karen L ^a   Perez, Monica A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871281968     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.046     Document Type: Article

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