In addition to the established postural control role of the reticulospinal tract (RST), there has
been an increasing interest on its involvement in strength, motor recovery, and other gross …

Resistance training increases volitional force-producing capacity, and it is widely accepted
that such an increase is partly underpinned by adaptations in the central nervous system …

Background. Recent evidence from both monkey and human studies suggests that the
reticulospinal tract may contribute to recovery of arm and hand function after stroke. In this …

Objective Startling acoustic stimulation (SAS), via activation of reticulospinal (RS) pathways,
has shown to increase muscle strength in healthy subjects. We hypothesized that, given RS …

Background Spasticity, characterized by hyperreflexia, is a motor impairment that can arise
following a hemispheric stroke. While the neural mechanisms underlying spasticity in …

The reticulospinal tract (RtST) descends from the reticular formation and terminates in the
spinal cord. The RtST drives the initiation of locomotion and postural control. RtST axons …

Traditionally, the brainstem has been seen as hardwired and poorly capable of plastic
adaptations following spinal cord injury (SCI). Data acquired over the past decades …

Early evolution of the motor cortex included development of connections to brainstem
reticulospinal neurons; these projections persist in primates. In this study, we examined the …

Restoring voluntary fine motor control of the arm and hand is one of the main goals following
cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). Although the functional improvement achievable with …

Accurate control of body posture is enforced by a multitude of corrective actions operating
over a range of time scales. The earliest correction is the short-latency reflex (SLR) which …