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ReviewJournal of neurophysiology2018

Retracing your footsteps: developmental insights to spinal network plasticity following injury.

C Jean-Xavier, S A Sharples, K A Mayr, A P Lognon, P J Whelan

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Review in Journal of neurophysiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C Jean-XavierHotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary , Calgary, Alberta , Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0500-1099
S A SharplesHotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary , Calgary, Alberta , Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2316-1504
K A MayrHotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary , Calgary, Alberta , Canada.
A P LognonDepartment of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary , Calgary, Alberta , Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6067-4272
P J WhelanHotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary , Calgary, Alberta , Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1234-5415
University of Calgary · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During development of the spinal cord, a precise interaction occurs between descending projections and sensory afferents, with spinal networks that lead to expression of coordinated motor output. In the rodent, during the last embryonic week, motor output first occurs as regular bursts of spontaneous activity, progressing to stochastic patterns of episodes that express bouts of coordinated rhythmic activity perinatally. Locomotor activity becomes functionally mature in the 2nd postnatal wk and is heralded by the onset of weight-bearing locomotion on the 8th and 9th postnatal day. Concomitantly, there is a maturation of intrinsic properties and key conductances mediating plateau potentials. In this review, we discuss spinal neuronal excitability, descending modulation, and afferent modulation in the developing rodent spinal cord. In the adult, plastic mechanisms are much more constrained but become more permissive following neurotrauma, such as spinal cord injury. We discuss parallel mechanisms that contribute to maturation of network function during development to mechanisms of pathological plasticity that contribute to aberrant motor patterns, such as spasticity and clonus, which emerge following central injury.

Indexed as

NeurogenesisNeuronal PlasticityAnimalsGaitHumansSpinal CordSpinal Cord InjuriesSynaptic Transmissiondevelopmentinjurynetwork functionpathologyspinal cord

Identifiers

PMID29070632
PMCPMC5867381
OpenAlexW2765304491

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