Taking the next step: cortical contributions to the control of locomotion

T Drew, DS Marigold - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Multiple neural structures contribute to voluntary gait modifications.•Posterior
parietal cortex estimates body and limb position with respect to an object.•Allocentric and …

Corticospinal reorganization after spinal cord injury

M Oudega, MA Perez - The Journal of physiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The corticospinal tract (CST) is a major descending pathway contributing to the control of
voluntary movement in mammals. During the last decades anatomical and …

The motor cortex drives the muscles during walking in human subjects

TH Petersen, M Willerslev‐Olsen… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Key points• It is often assumed that automatic movements such as walking require little
conscious attention and it has therefore been argued that these movements require little …

Motor recovery after spinal cord injury enhanced by strengthening corticospinal synaptic transmission

KL Bunday, MA Perez - Current Biology, 2012 - cell.com
The corticospinal tract is an important target for motor recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI)
in animals and humans [1–5]. Voluntary motor output depends on the efficacy of synapses …

Gait training facilitates central drive to ankle dorsiflexors in children with cerebral palsy

M Willerslev-Olsen, TH Petersen, SF Farmer… - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Foot drop and toe walking are frequent concerns in children with cerebral palsy. The main
underlying cause of these problems is early damage and lack of maturation of the …

A review on locomotor training after spinal cord injury: reorganization of spinal neuronal circuits and recovery of motor function

AC Smith, M Knikou - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Locomotor training is a classic rehabilitation approach utilized with the aim of improving
sensorimotor function and walking ability in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Recent …

Spike-timing-dependent plasticity in lower-limb motoneurons after human spinal cord injury

MA Urbin, RA Ozdemir, T Tazoe… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Recovery of lower-limb function after spinal cord injury (SCI) likely depends on transmission
in the corticospinal pathway. Here, we examined whether paired corticospinal-motoneuronal …

Dynamics of corticospinal motor control during overground and treadmill walking in humans

L Roeder, TW Boonstra, SS Smith… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Increasing evidence suggests cortical involvement in the control of human gait. However,
the nature of corticospinal interactions remains poorly understood. We performed time …

Properties of the surface electromyogram following traumatic spinal cord injury: a scoping review

G Balbinot, G Li, MJ Wiest, M Pakosh, JC Furlan… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2021 - Springer
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) disrupts spinal and supraspinal pathways, and this
process is reflected in changes in surface electromyography (sEMG). sEMG is an informative …

Corticospinal control of normal and visually guided gait in healthy older and younger adults

ME Spedden, JT Choi, JB Nielsen, SS Geertsen - Neurobiology of aging, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigated age-related differences in corticospinal control of muscle activity during
normal and visually guided (VG) walking. Young (n= 15, 22.1±1.7 years) and older (n= 15 …