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Spinal Cord Plasticity

Alterations in Reflex Function

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  1. Michael M. Patterson

    1. Nova Southeastern University, USA

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  2. James W. Grau

    1. Texas A & M University, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Spinal Plasticity

    • Richard F. Thompson
    Pages 1-11

  3. Pavlovian and Instrumental Conditioning Within the Spinal Cord: Methodological Issues

    • James W. Grau, Robin L. Joynes
    Pages 13-54

  4. Pavlovian Conditioning of Flexion Reflex Potentiation in Spinal Cat: Temporal Effects Following Spinal Transection

    • Russell G. Durkovic
    Pages 55-75

  5. Spinal Fixation: Long-Term Alterations in Spinal Reflex Excitability with Altered or Sustained Sensory Inputs

    • Michael M. Patterson
    Pages 77-99

  6. Spinal Cord Plasticity in the Acquisition of a Simple Motor Skill

    • Jonathan R. Wolpaw
    Pages 101-125

  7. Mechanisms of Central Sensitization of Nociceptive Dorsal Horn Neurons

    • William D. Willis Jr.
    Pages 127-161

  8. Noxious Stimulus-Induced Plasticity in Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn: Evidence and Insights on Mechanisms Obtained Using the Formalin Test

    • Terence J. Coderre
    Pages 163-183

  9. Neural Darwinism in the Mammalian Spinal Cord

    • V. Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Ray D. de Leon
    Pages 185-206

  10. Spinal Cord Plasticity Associated with Locomotor Compensation to Peripheral Nerve Lesions in the Cat

    • Laurent Bouyer, Serge Rossignol
    Pages 207-224

  11. Laufband (Treadmill) Therapy in Incomplete Para- and Tetraplegia

    • Anton Wernig, Andras Nanassy, Sabina Müller
    Pages 225-239

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 241-243
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About this book

The area of spinal cord plasticity has become a very actively researched field. The spinal cord has long been known to organize reflex patterns and serve as the major transmission pathway for sensory and motor nerve impulses. However, the role of the spinal cord in information processing and in experience driven alterations is generally not recognized. With recent advances in neural recording techniques, behavioral technologies and neural tracing and imaging methods has come the ability to better assess the role of the spinal cord in behavioral control and alteration. The discoveries in recent years have been revolutionary. Alterations due to nociceptive inputs, simple learning paradigms and repetitive inputs have now been documented and their mechanisms are being elucidated. These findings have important clinical implications. The development of pathological pain after a spinal cord injury likely depends on the sensitization of neurons within the spinal cord. The capacity of the spinal cord to change as a function of experience, and adapt to new environmental relations, also affects the recovery locomotive function after a spinal cord injury. Mechanisms within the spinal cord can support stepping and the capacity for this behavior depends on behavioral training. By taking advantage of the plasticity inherent within the spinal cord, rehabilitative procedures may foster the recovery of function.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Nova Southeastern University, USA

    Michael M. Patterson

  • Texas A & M University, USA

    James W. Grau

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Spinal Cord Plasticity

  • Book Subtitle: Alterations in Reflex Function

  • Editors: Michael M. Patterson, James W. Grau

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1437-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7445-9Published: 31 July 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5553-3Published: 24 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1437-4Published: 28 June 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 243

  • Topics: Neurology, Neurosciences

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