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REVIEW

Re-expression of Locomotor Function After Partial Spinal Cord Injury

S. Rossignol^1,2, G. Barrière^1,2, O. Alluin^1,2 and A. Frigon¹

¹ Department of Physiology, Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada; and
² Multidisciplinary Team in Locomotor Rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) serge.rossignol{at}umontreal.ca

After a complete spinal section, quadruped mammals (cats, rats, and mice) can generally regain hindlimb locomotion on a treadmill because the spinal cord below the lesion can express locomotion through a neural circuitry termed the central pattern generator (CPG). In this review, we propose that the spinal CPG also plays a crucial role in the locomotor recovery after incomplete spinal cord injury.

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