Putting the brain on the map: Use of transcranial magnetic stimulation to assess and induce cortical plasticity of upper-extremity movement

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 719-736

  Butler, Andrew J ^a   Wolf, Steven L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34249880426     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060274     Document Type: Review

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