Human cortical plasticity: Functional recovery with mirror movements

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1090-1093

  Nirkko, A C ^a   Rosler K M ^b   Ozdoba, C ^a   Heid, O ^a   Schroth, G ^a   Hess, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Neurologische Universitatsklinik Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342762015     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.4.1090     Document Type: Article

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