Abstract #127: Non-Invasive Cervical Root Stimulation to Facilitate Corticospinal Transmission

Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in a mixture of damaged and spared neural circuits. Activating spared nerve circuits augments neural plasticity. With this goal in mind, we aim to use a novel method of non-invasive cervical electrical stimulation (CES). CES activates nerve roots across multiple myotomes in both upper extremities simultaneously. To understand CES circuit interactions, we measured the effects of CES delivered alone or paired with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), or volitional movement.

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - January 22, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Yu-Kuang Wu, Sana Saeed, Matthew T. Maher, Eric Bailey, James M. LiMonta, Jasmeen Hussain, Jonah M. Levine, Jill M. Wecht, Jason B. Carmel, Noam Y. Harel Source Type: research