Activation of the left motor cortex during left leg movements after right central resection

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-491

  Gregor Wieser, H ^a   Henke, Katharina ^a   Zumsteg, Dominik ^a   Taub, Ethan ^a   Yonekawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Buck, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Functional plasticity; H215O PET; Hemispherectomy; Rasmussen's encephalitis

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; WATER O 15;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFORCEMENT; REOPERATION; WALKING;

EID: 0032837271     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.4.487     Document Type: Article

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