Electrical stimulation modifies spinal and cortical neural circuitry.
Sensory input shapes and refines motor performance. It also modulates, on both a short- and long-term basis, the neural circuitry underlying motor performance. Evidence suggests that electrical stimulation can be used to mimic these modulatory effects on neural circuitry, perhaps providing a tool to influence motor function in both able-bodied individuals and those with motor dysfunction caused by neurological injury.
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Edelle Carmen
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Department of Physical Therapy, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami School of Medicine, Coral Gables, FL, USA. edee@miami.edu
D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D013710:Tendons / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology