Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24508738›Full record

ReviewExercise and sport sciences reviews2014

The simplest motor skill: mechanisms and applications of reflex operant conditioning.

Aiko K Thompson, Jonathan R Wolpaw

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Review in Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Relationship Between Spinal Reflexes and Spastic Movement Disorders.Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America · 2026
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  16. Restoring walking after spinal cord injury: operant conditioning of spinal reflexes can help.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2015
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  17. Targeted neuroplasticity for rehabilitation.Progress in brain research · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aiko K Thompson1Helen Hayes Hospital, NYS Department of Health, West Haverstraw; 2Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, Albany; 3Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Columbia University, New York; and 4Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Albany, NY.
Jonathan R Wolpaw
The Neurological Institute · USWadsworth Center · US

Funding

Training and DisseminationP41EB018783 · NIBIB · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI Jonathan Saul Carp · 2014 to 2026
$15.4M
GENERAL PURPOSE BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE(BCI)SYSTEMR01EB000856 · NIBIB · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI SCHALK, GERWIN, WOLPAW, JONATHAN RICKEL · 2002 to 2012
$9.3M
ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY IN THE SPINAL STRETCH REFLEXR01NS022189 · NINDS · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI WOLPAW, JONATHAN RICKEL · 1985 to 2012
$3.1M
Changing a Reflex to Improve LocomotionR01NS069551 · NINDS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI THOMPSON, AIKO · 2010 to 2014
$1.4M
Spinal Reflex Conditioning and LocomotionR01NS061823 · NINDS · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI CHEN, XIANG YANG, WOLPAW, JONATHAN RICKEL · 2008 to 2011
$1.3M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB018783NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB000856NINDS NIH HHS NS061823NINDS NIH HHS NS069551NINDS NIH HHS NS22189NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS022189NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS061823NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS069551
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Operant conditioning protocols can change spinal reflexes gradually, which are the simplest behaviors. This article summarizes the evidence supporting two propositions: that these protocols provide excellent models for defining the substrates of learning and that they can induce and guide plasticity to help restore skills, such as locomotion, that have been impaired by spinal cord injury or other disorders.

Indexed as

Conditioning, OperantAnimalsH-ReflexHumansMotor SkillsMuscle, SkeletalNeuronal PlasticityReflexSpinal CordSpinal Cord Injuries

Identifiers

PMID24508738
PMCPMC4051236
OpenAlexW2319015305

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.