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We examined the kinematics of stepping performance and cellular and synaptic electrophysiological parameters in ankle extensor motoneurons in nontrained and treadmill-trained rats, all receiving a complete spinal transection as neonates. For comparison, electrophysiological experiments included animals injured as young adults, which are far less responsive to training. Recovery of treadmill stepping was associated with significant changes in the cellular properties of motoneurons and their synaptic input from spinal white matter [ipsilateral ventrolateral funiculus (VLF)] and muscle spindle afferents. A strong correlation was found between the effectiveness of step training and the amplitude of both the action potential afterhyperpolarization and synaptic inputs to motoneurons (from peripheral nerve and VLF). These changes were absent if step training was unsuccessful, but other spinal projections, apparently inhibitory to step training, became evident. Greater plasticity of axonal projections after neonatal than after adult injury was suggested by anatomical demonstration of denser VLF projections to hindlimb motoneurons after neonatal injury. This finding confirmed electrophysiological measurements and provides a possible mechanism underlying the greater training susceptibility of animals injured as neonates. 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