Post-infarct cortical plasticity and behavioral recovery using concurrent cortical stimulation and rehabilitative training: A feasibility study in primates

Neurological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 801-810

  Plautz, Erik J ^a   Barbay, Scott ^a   Frost, Shawn B ^a   Friel, Kathleen M ^a   Dancause, Numa ^a   Zoubina, Elena V ^a   Stowe, Ann M ^a   Quaney, Barbara M ^a   Nudo, Randolph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; ICMS; Ischemic stroke; Motor cortex; Motor recovery; Squirrel monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; REVIEW; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SAIMIRI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345359582     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164103771953880     Document Type: Review

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