Recovery of locomotion after spinal cord injury: some facts and mechanisms

S Rossignol, A Frigon - Annual review of neuroscience, 2011 - annualreviews.org
After spinal cord injury (SCI), various sensorimotor functions can recover, ranging from
simple spinal reflexes to more elaborate motor patterns, such as locomotion. Locomotor …

Spinal control of locomotion: individual neurons, their circuits and functions

MP Côté, LM Murray, M Knikou - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Systematic research on the physiological and anatomical characteristics of spinal cord
interneurons along with their functional output has evolved for more than one century …

Engineering of M2 Macrophages‐Derived Exosomes via Click Chemistry for Spinal Cord Injury Repair

J Zeng, C Gu, Y Sun, X Chen - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most common causes of death and disability. The
effective modulation of complicated microenvironment, regeneration of injured spinal cord …

Rehabilitative training and plasticity following spinal cord injury

K Fouad, W Tetzlaff - Experimental neurology, 2012 - Elsevier
Rehabilitative training is currently one of the most successful treatments to promote
functional recovery following spinal cord injury. Nevertheless, there are many unanswered …

[HTML][HTML] Plasticity after spinal cord injury: relevance to recovery and approaches to facilitate it

SM Onifer, GM Smith, K Fouad - Neurotherapeutics, 2011 - Elsevier
Motor, sensory, and autonomic functions can spontaneously return or recover to varying
extents in both humans and animals, regardless of the traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) …

Rehabilitation strategies after spinal cord injury: inquiry into the mechanisms of success and failure

MP Côté, M Murray, MA Lemay - Journal of neurotrauma, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Body-weight supported locomotor training (BWST) promotes recovery of load-bearing
stepping in lower mammals, but its efficacy in individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) is …

Neuromechanical interactions between the limbs during human locomotion: an evolutionary perspective with translation to rehabilitation

EP Zehr, TS Barss, K Dragert, A Frigon… - Experimental brain …, 2016 - Springer
During bipedal locomotor activities, humans use elements of quadrupedal neuronal limb
control. Evolutionary constraints can help inform the historical ancestry for preservation of …

Methods for behavioral testing of spinal cord injured rats

J Šedý, L Urdzíková, P Jendelová, E Syková - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Behavioral outcome in rats with spinal cord injury (SCI) is the most important factor for
evaluating the extent of injury and treatment efficacy. For this purpose, a number of …

Locomotor ability in spinal rats is dependent on the amount of activity imposed on the hindlimbs during treadmill training

J Cha, C Heng, DJ Reinkensmeyer, RR Roy… - Journal of …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Studies have shown that treadmill training with body weight support is effective for
enhancing locomotor recovery following a complete spinal cord transection (ST) in animals …

A systematic review of exercise training to promote locomotor recovery in animal models of spinal cord injury

CR Battistuzzo, RJ Callister, R Callister… - Journal of …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
In the early 1980s experiments on spinalized cats showed that exercise training on the
treadmill could enhance locomotor recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI). In this review, we …