Spinal Cord Plasticity

by Patterson, Michael M.; Grau, James W.

• ISBN13: 9780792374459
• ISBN10: 0792374452
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The spinal cord has long been viewed as largely a conduit for neural impulses from the body to the brain and the brain to the body, with various reflexes hard wired in the structure to allow for low level control. The past two decades have seen a very different view of the spinal cord emerging from the laboratories of various disciplines. Studies rooted in physiology, psychology, rehabilitation, pain control and regeneration have begun to show that the spinal cord contains neurons whose functional capacities are highly plastic. This book brings together researchers from several of the most exciting areas of spinal cord plasticity research. Collectively, they present not only the latest findings in their areas, but a unique perspective of the broader emerging picture of spinal cord neural plasticity.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Spinal Plasticity	1	(12)
Richard F. Thompson
Pavlovian and Instrumental Conditioning Within the Spinal Cord: Methodological Issues	13	(42)
James W. Grau
Robin L. Joynes
Pavlovian Conditioning of Flexion Reflex Potentiation in Spinal Cat: Temporal Effects Following Spinal Transection	55	(22)
Russell G. Durkovic
Spinal Fixation: Long-term Alterations in Spinal Reflex Excitability With Altered or Sustained Sensory Inputs	77	(24)
Michael M. Patterson
Spinal Cord Plasticity in the Acquisition of a Simple Motor Skill	101	(26)
Jonathan R. Wolpaw
Mechanisms of Central Sensitization of Nociceptive Dorsal Horn Neurons	127	(36)
William D. Willis, Jr.
Noxious Stimulus-Induced Plasticity in Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn: Evidence and Insights on Mechanisms Obtained Using the Formalin Test	163	(22)
Terence J. Coderre
Neural Darwinism in the Mammalian Spinal Cord	185	(22)
V. Reggie Edgerton
Roland R. Roy
Ray D. de Leon
Spinal Cord Plasticity Associated with Locomotor Compensation to Peripheral Nerve Lesions in the Cat	207	(18)
Laurent Bouyer
Serge Rossignol
Laufband (Treadmill) Therapy in Incomplete Para- and Tetraplegia	225	(16)
Anton Wernig
Andras Nanassy
Sabina Muller
Index	241