Electrical Stimulation Modifies Spinal and Cortical Neural Circuitry

Abstract

FIELD-FOTE, E.C. Electrical stimulation modifies spinal and cortical neural circuitry. Exerc. Sport Sci. Rev., Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 155–160, 2004. Sensory input shapes and refines motor performance. It also modulates, on both a short- and long-term basis, the neural circuitry underlying motor performance. Evidence suggests that electrical stimulation can be used to mimic these modulatory effects on neural circuitry, perhaps providing a tool to influence motor function in both able-bodied individuals and those with motor dysfunction caused by neurological injury.