Facilitation of ipsilateral motor pathways during recovery from hemiplegia in two adolescent patients

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 79-84

  Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Maeoka, Yukinori ^a   Seki, Ayumi ^a   Ueno, Makoto ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Takeshita, Kenzo ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemiplegia; Ipsilateral motor pathways; Plasticity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 0031290385     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3798(97)80067-0     Document Type: Article

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