| Title | The simplest motor skill: mechanisms and applications of reflex operant conditioning. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2014 |
| Authors | Thompson, AK, Wolpaw, J |
| Journal | Exerc Sport Sci Rev |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 82-90 |
| Date Published | 04/2014 |
| ISSN | 1538-3008 |
| Keywords | Animals, Conditioning, Operant, H-Reflex, Humans, Motor Skills, Muscle, Skeletal, Neuronal Plasticity, Reflex, Spinal Cord, Spinal Cord Injuries |
| Abstract | Operant conditioning protocols can change spinal reflexes gradually, which are the simplest behaviors. This article summarizes the evidence supporting two propositions: that these protocols provide excellent models for defining the substrates of learning and that they can induce and guide plasticity to help restore skills, such as locomotion, that have been impaired by spinal cord injury or other disorders. |
| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24508738 |
| DOI | 10.1249/JES.0000000000000010 |
| Alternate Journal | Exerc Sport Sci Rev |
| PubMed ID | 24508738 |
| PubMed Central ID | PMC4051236 |
| Grant List | NS061823 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States NS069551 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States NS22189 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States P41 EB018783 / EB / NIBIB NIH HHS / United States R01 EB000856 / EB / NIBIB NIH HHS / United States R01 NS022189 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States R01 NS061823 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States R01 NS069551 / NS / NINDS NIH HHS / United States |
