Noninvasive Brain Stimulation in Stroke Rehabilitation

NeuroRx

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-481

  Webster, Brian R ^a   Celnik, Pablo A ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

cortical stimulation; motor cortex; plasticity; rehabilitation; Stroke; transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33748978944     PISSN: 15455343     EISSN: 15455351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurx.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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