Post-stroke reorganization of brain motor output to the hand: A 2-4 month follow-up with focal magnetic transcranial stimulation

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 438-450

  Cicinelli, P ^a   Traversa, R ^a   Rossini, P M ^a,b,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031445106     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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