… a few days of the time of spinal cord trauma. We argue that reduced corticospinal inhibition
may be a prerequisite for the recovery of useful motor function. Sponsorship: The work was …

… training increases the function of spared corticospinal tract pathways after chronic spinal
cord injury (SCI) in association with the recovery of locomotor function. Transcranial magnetic …

… Little is known about the mechanisms that underlie motor recovery after incomplete spinal
cord injury (iSCI) in humans. This study assessed changes in corticospinal tract (CST) function …

… incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) is influenced by spinal … There is evidence that corticospinal
control is enhanced … walking in the functional assessment of corticospinal integrity. Twenty…

… walking ability in patients with motor incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) is variable and …
severity of the injury, the age, and the spatial extent and location of the spinal cord lesion. While …

… spinal cord injury (SCI) in animals and humans. In animal models of SCI, anatomical evidence
showed corticospinal sprouts rostral and caudal to the lesion … and spinal cord interneurons…

… output patterns in the corticospinal system after incomplete spinal cord injury. The amplitude
… spinal cord injuries and 13 control subjects. The patients had all suffered spinal cord injury …

… (2004) The dorsolateral corticospinal tract in mice: an alternative route for corticospinal
input to caudal segments following dorsal column lesions. J Comp Neurol 472:463–477, doi:…

… in specific tracts to sensorimotor function. Six chronic clinically incomplete and four complete
SCI … At the T4 level, controls had about 41,000 nerve fibers in the lateral corticospinal tract. …

… We investigated whether this ability is preserved in humans with incomplete chronic
cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). Our results show that corticospinal excitability is altered in the …