Passive exercise of the hind limbs after complete thoracic transection of the spinal cord promotes cortical reorganization.

Passive exercise of the hind limbs after complete thoracic transection of the spinal cord promotes cortical reorganization.

Physical exercise promotes neural plasticity in the brain of healthy subjects and modulates pathophysiological neural plasticity after sensorimotor loss, but the mechanisms of this action are not fully understood. After spinal cord injury, cortical reorganization can be maximized by exercising the n...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Graziano, Guglielmo Foffani, Eric B Knudsen, Jed Shumsky, Karen A Moxon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3551921?pdf=render

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