Operant conditioning of a spinal reflex can improve locomotion after spinal cord injury in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2365-2375

  Thompson, Aiko K ^a,b,c,e   Pomerantz, Ferne R ^a,d   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a,b,c,e  

^a HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84873304578     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3968-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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