Initiation and modulation of locomotor circuitry output with multisite transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the spinal cord in noninjured humans

• Published in: Journal of neurophysiology Vol. 113; no. 3; pp. 834 - 842
• Main Authors: Gerasimenko, Yury, Gorodnichev, Ruslan, Puhov, Aleksandr, Moshonkina, Tatiana, Savochin, Aleksandr, Selionov, Victor, Roy, Roland R., Lu, Daniel C., Edgerton, V. Reggie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Biomechanical Phenomena; Extremities - innervation; Extremities - physiology; Humans; Male; Postural Balance; Spinal Cord - physiology; Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation; Walking; Young Adult; locomotor neuronal circuitry; stepping movements; multisite transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation; noninjured subjects

The mammalian lumbar spinal cord has the capability to generate locomotor activity in the absence of input from the brain. Previously, we reported that transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the spinal cord at vertebral level T11 can activate the locomotor circuitry in noninjured subjects when the...