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Spasticity Mechanisms

Spasticity Mechanisms is a theoretical construct in spinal motor circuits research that explains the neurophysiological alterations underlying increased muscle tone and hyperreflexia following upper motor neuron lesions.

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485

Spasticity and muscle contracture following stroke

Nicholas O’Dwyer, Louise Ada, Peter D. Neilson · Brain · 1996 · 612 citations · Full text

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Down-regulation of the potassium-chloride cotransporter KCC2 contributes to spasticity after spinal cord injury

Pascale Boulenguez, Sylvie Liabeuf, Rémi Bos et al. · Nature Medicine · 2010 · 595 citations

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Spastic hypertonia: mechanisms and measurement.

Richard T. Katz, William Z. Rymer · PubMed · 1989 · 556 citations

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ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF GAIT IN SPASTICITY AND RIGIDITY

Volker Dietz, J. Quintern, W. Berger · Brain · 1981 · 431 citations

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Endocannabinoids control spasticity in a multiple sclerosis model

David Baker, Gareth Pryce, J. Ludovic Croxford et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2000 · 381 citations

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Authors

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  1. DJ
    David J. Bennett

    University of Alberta, Canada

    12 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. WZ
    William Z. Rymer

    Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, United States

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. PW
    P. W. Nathan

    National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 542 citations

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  4. KD
    Kaat Desloovere

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    5 publications · 277 citations

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  5. RR
    Robert R. Young

    Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

    5 publications · 584 citations

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Institutions

602

  1. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    13 h-index

    35 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    13 h-index

    46 publications

    6.2K citations

  3. Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

    Chicago, United States

    12 h-index

    33 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    11 h-index

    33 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    9 h-index

    32 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    8 h-index

    28 publications

    1.8K citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 45 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. Brain

    24 publications · 3K citations

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  3. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

    25 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

    24 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. Spinal Cord

    19 publications · 908 citations

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