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Descending Spinal Pathways

Descending Spinal Pathways is a neural communication system consisting of bundles of motor-tract fibers that originate in the brain and project downward through the spinal cord to convey motor commands from higher central nervous system centers to lower motor neurons, thereby enabling voluntary and reflexive motor control.

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Cellular Delivery of Neurotrophin-3 Promotes Corticospinal Axonal Growth and Partial Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury

Ray Grill, Keith K. Murai, Armin Blesch et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1997 · 623 citations · Full text

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Neuromodulation of lumbosacral spinal networks enables independent stepping after complete paraplegia

Megan L. Gill, Peter J. Grahn, Jonathan S. Calvert et al. · Nature Medicine · 2018 · 571 citations

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The Anatomy of Brain Stem Pathways to the Spinal Cord in Cat. A Labeled Amino Acid Tracing Study

Gert Holstege, H.G.J.M. Kuypers · Progress in brain research · 1982 · 553 citations

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Brain Stem Control of Spinal Mechanisms

Colin Chandler, J.R. Hewitt, S. Miller et al. · 1982 · 429 citations

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The Descending Pathways to the Spinal Cord, their Anatomy and Function

H.G.J.M. Kuypers · Progress in brain research · 1964 · 346 citations

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  1. JC
    J.D. Coulter

    The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, United States

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. SL
    S. Lund

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    5 publications · 428 citations

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    Hans J. ten Donkelaar

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    5 publications · 339 citations

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  4. AL
    A. Lundberg

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 publications · 419 citations

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  5. KN
    Karin N. Westlund

    The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, United States

    4 publications · 849 citations

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  1. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    15 h-index

    41 publications

    3.2K citations

  2. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    1K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    901 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. University of Louisville

    Louisville, United States

    7 h-index

    28 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    503 citations

  7. Inserm

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    686 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Brain Research

    26 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. The Journal of Comparative Neurology

    22 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Experimental Neurology

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 18 publications · 1K citations

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  5. Experimental Brain Research

    13 publications · 577 citations

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