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Synergetic Use of Neural Precursor Cells and Self-assembling Peptides in Experimental Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
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Spinal cord injury: harnessing spike timing to induce plastic change
1Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK. r.lemon@ucl.ac.uk
Current Biology : CB
|December 22, 2012
Abstract:
A recent study shows that a spike-timing-dependent plasticity protocol can potentiate corticospinal transmission to finger muscle motoneurons, in both volunteers and in patients with incomplete spinal injury. In patients, the protocol improved voluntary muscle output and performance on a peg-board test.
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