Open AccessElectrical Stimulation Modifies Spinal and Cortical Neural Circuitry
Author(s) -
Edelle C. Field-Fote
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
exercise and sport sciences reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.945
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1538-3008
pISSN - 0091-6331
DOI - 10.1097/00003677-200410000-00006
Subject(s) - neuroscience , stimulation , functional electrical stimulation , motor cortex , biological neural network , sensory system , motor function , psychology , neuroprosthetics , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Sensory input shapes and refines motor performance. It also modulates, on both a short- and long-term basis, the neural circuitry underlying motor performance. Evidence suggests that electrical stimulation can be used to mimic these modulatory effects on neural circuitry, perhaps providing a tool to influence motor function in both able-bodied individuals and those with motor dysfunction caused by neurological injury.