Sparing of descending axons rescues interneuron plasticity in the lumbar cord to allow adaptive learning after thoracic spinal cord injury

This study evaluated the role of spared axons on structural and behavioral neuroplasticity in the lumbar enlargement after a thoracic spinal cord injury (SCI). Previous work has demonstrated that recovery in the presence of spared axons after an incomplete lesion increases behavioral output after a...

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Main Authors: Christopher Nelson Hansen, Timothy Dale Faw, John A. Buford, Susan eWhite, James W Grau, D. Michele eBasso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2016.00011/full