Induction of central nervous system plasticity by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to promote sensorimotor recovery in incomplete spinal cord injury

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Ellaway, Peter H ^a,b   Vásquez, Natalia ^a   Craggs, Michael ^a,c  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticospinal; Neural plasticity; Pudendal anal reflex; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Sphincter muscle; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONVALESCENCE; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PUDENDAL NERVE; REHABILITATION CARE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901287564     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00042     Document Type: Article

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