Endogenous plasticity in neuro-rehabilitation following partial spinal cord lesions

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 APR, 2014, Pages

  Alstermark, Bror ^a   Pettersson, Lars Gunnar ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corticospinal; Grasping; Interneuron; Lateral reticular nucleus; Partial spinal cord lesion; Rehabilitation; Reticulospinal; Rubrospinal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD LESION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84904430588     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00059     Document Type: Article

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