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Epidural Stimulation

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Epidural spinal cord stimulation; Epidural stimulation of the spinal cord; Spinal electrical stimulation

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Epidural stimulation is the mode of electrical activation of neuronal structures by electrodes implanted in the epidural space. Theoretically, epidural electrodes can be placed anywhere overlying the dural mater of the nervous system, but they typically have been placed over the spinal cord or overlying the cortical region of the brain. Clinical application of epidural stimulation is connected with pain control, treatment of spasticity, and regulation of motor functions after neurological disorders. Another newly developed application of epidural stimulation is to facilitate improved sensory-motor function after paralysis as a result of spinal cord injury. A third application of epidural stimulation that is emerging is its use as a chronically implanted device to be used for a neurophysiological assessment of functional connectivity along specific descending and...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Yury Gerasimenko

  2. Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, and Brain Research Institute, University of California, 90095, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Victor Reggie Edgerton

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  1. Yury Gerasimenko
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Correspondence to Yury Gerasimenko .

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  1. Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Dieter Jaeger

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

    Ranu Jung

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Gerasimenko, Y., Edgerton, V.R. (2015). Epidural Stimulation. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6675-8_591

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