Artwork courtesy
  of Toby Forrest
Publications
Presentations
Scientific and Informational Publications
"Retraining the Spine"
http://www.ucop.edu/research/publications/pdf/nih02.pdf
"Robotic system could help rehab spinal cord injuries", Universe Jet Propulsion Laboratory Volume 30
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/info/universe/un000107.pdf
No Dullard, Spinal Cord Proves It Can Learn, The New York Times 9/21/99
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/092199hth-spinal-cord.html
"Teaching the Spinal Cord to Walk", Science Magazine, Volume 279
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/279/5349/319
Body Weight Support System
Harkema, S.J. Neural plasticity after human spinal cord injury: Application of locomotor training to the rehabilitation of walking. Neuroscientist 7(5):455-468, 2001.
Edgerton, V.R., R.D. de Leon, S.J. Harkema, J.A. Hodgson, N. London, D.J. Reinkensmeyer, R.R. Roy, R.J. Talmadge, N.J. Tillakaratne, W. Timoszyk, and A. Tobin. Topical Review: Retraining the injured spinal cord. J Physiol, 533(Pt 1):15-22, 2001.
Basso, D.M., A.L., Behrman, and S.J. Harkema. Recovery of walking after central nervous system insult: Basic research in the control of locomotion as a foundation for developing rehabilitation strategies. Neurol Rep, 24(2):47-54, 2000.
Behrman, A.L. and S.J. Harkema. Locomotor training after human spinal cord injury: A series of case studies. Phys Ther, 80(7):688-700, 2000.
Harkema, S.J., B.H. Dobkin and V.R. Edgerton. Pattern generators in locomotion: Implications for regeneration after SCI. In: Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitaion. Thomas Land Publishers, St. Louis. 6:2, 2000.
Edgerton, V.R., R.R. Roy, J.A. Hodgson, M.K. Day, J. Weiss, S.J. Harkema, B. Dobkin, A. Garfinkel, E. Konigsberg, E. Koslovskaya. How the science and engineering of spaceflight contribute to understanding the plasticity of spinal cord injury. Acta Astronaut 47(1):51-62, 2000.
Harkema, S.J., S.L. Hurley, U.K. Patel, P.R. Requejo, B.H. Dobkin, and V.R. Edgerton. Human lumbosacral spinal cord interprets loading during stepping. J Neurophysiol, 77:797-811, 1997.
Dobkin, B. H., S. J. Harkema, P. R. Requejo, and V. R. Edgerton. Modulation of locomotor-like EMG activity in subjects with complete and incomplete spinal cord injury. J Neurol Rehabil, 9:183-190, 1995.

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